You know what makes sense, though? For Fredersdorf, dedicated flutist, to want a copy of the score of a beautiful Bach sonata that's not in print yet!
Ohhhh that does make a lot of sense. And yes to Fredersdorf's feelings <3
BTW I had a listen and it's (expectedly) a gorgeous sonata. (I don't usually listen to flute music, since I'm not a wind person, so this is also filling in gaps in my music literacy :) )
Rüdiger Safranski frustrated me in his Goethe biography by giving me next to nothing about Zelter, who was for the last 30 years of Goethe's life not only his most important correspondent but the only one of his new friends with whom he was on a "Du" footing. So I would have liked to know what kind of person he was, more of his background than two sentences, but does Safranksi deliver? He did not. Anyway, that's now rectified.
Okay, I'm curious about this -- how did he get to be on a "du" footing? I mean, did this new information about Zelter's personality give you any insight into that?
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Bach and Zelter
Date: 2021-03-21 05:37 am (UTC)Ohhhh that does make a lot of sense. And yes to Fredersdorf's feelings <3
BTW I had a listen and it's (expectedly) a gorgeous sonata. (I don't usually listen to flute music, since I'm not a wind person, so this is also filling in gaps in my music literacy :) )
Rüdiger Safranski frustrated me in his Goethe biography by giving me next to nothing about Zelter, who was for the last 30 years of Goethe's life not only his most important correspondent but the only one of his new friends with whom he was on a "Du" footing. So I would have liked to know what kind of person he was, more of his background than two sentences, but does Safranksi deliver? He did not. Anyway, that's now rectified.
Okay, I'm curious about this -- how did he get to be on a "du" footing? I mean, did this new information about Zelter's personality give you any insight into that?