Rush - In The Mood

The same effect can be seen in Beethoven's Archduke Trio, during the transition from the slow, chanted part to the finale. Beethoven suddenly knocks his fist on the keys, and lulled by music, the listeners who are already ready to take a nap immediately wake up. We can say in Schiller's words: the old masters knew who they were dealing with. Although the concert audience at that time was inspired by music, and in its significant part understood it, they did not always listen to it with concentration. Even Goethe, a truly great music lover, according to eyewitnesses, during a court concert in Weimar loudly talked with one noble lady, while Karl Maria Weber fantasized about the piano. This is reminiscent of the recognition of Oscar Wilde in his 1890 novel “Portrait of Dorian Gray”: “I love the music of Richard Wagner more,than the music of any other composer. It’s so loud that you can talk all the time, without fear that others will hear you. ”