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Aristotle and the masterpiece (part 2)

by Kurt Knecht | Aug 31, 2011 | Aristotle, Beethoven 5th, Grünwald, masterpiece, Uncategorized

Aristotle argues that in a “good work of art…it is not possible either to take away or to add anything” without in some way damaging it. Whenever I think about this, I always think of young Berlioz when he was working in the Biblioteque Nationale. He would check out...

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