Cadence Quote by Susan McClary

The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the history of…

— Susan McClary

One of the struggles that I have with classical music is the way one thinks about a recapitulation. There's always this idea of themes,…

— Julia Holter

You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. (Oscar trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket)

— Oscar Levant

“The salvation of art derives in the best of modern times from a celebration of the triumph of the autonomous self—as in Beethoven’s Ninth…

— Walker Percy

“Modern man is full of platitudes about living life to its fullest, with catchy keychain phrases and little plaques for kitchen walls. But if…

— Tiffany Madison

“I don't know. How did Beethoven hear the Ninth Symphony in his head before he wrote it down? The brain's a pretty good computer,…

— Isaac Asimov

There are some composers - at the head of whom stands Beethoven - who not only do not know when to stop but appear…

— Virginia Graham

Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.

— Daniel Barenboim

To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength.

— Johannes Brahms

A friend of mine tells me that a Beethoven symphony can solve for him a problem of conduct. I've no doubt that it does…

— Joyce Cary

“And this famine was as purely a product of oversize brains as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

You've been listening to the adagio from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. I think Ludwig pretty much summed up death in this one. You know, he…

— Andrew Schneider