Beethoven got annoyed when he was playing a new piece and some rich, fashionable folks sat there and talked through it. He had much the same reaction as Schroeder.
I’m with Schroeder on this one, you can’t possibly listen to music and talk at the same time. Especially when invited to listen to specially picked out music.
This kind of endless yakking reflects my experiences over many years in concert halls, back when we could actually still go to concert halls (sigh). My sister is a “multi-tasker,” while I prefer to focus on one thing at a time.
I believe he should have first stopped the record and asked them to be quiet then tried playing it again. Then if they kept talking he should have kicked them out. True, he should have asked for some silence before he even started the record, but They clearly would have ignored that.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
so much for positive critique on music
californiamonty over 4 years ago
The actual line is “Musick has charms to soothe a savage breast”, which is the first line of the play “The Mourning Bride” by William Congreve.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 4 years ago
Nobody can speak on a Beethoven played by Schroeder . Nobody can speak on Beethoven , never !
orinoco womble over 4 years ago
Beethoven got annoyed when he was playing a new piece and some rich, fashionable folks sat there and talked through it. He had much the same reaction as Schroeder.
therese_callahan2002 over 4 years ago
All talk and no music.
iggyman over 4 years ago
Geniuses are temperamental!
basspro over 4 years ago
I’m with Schroeder on this one, you can’t possibly listen to music and talk at the same time. Especially when invited to listen to specially picked out music.
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
They had to face the music because they didn’t listen to it?
jrankin1959 over 4 years ago
Please… Mozart. – Major Charles Emerson WInchester III, M.D. (David Ogden Stiers, M-A-S-H)
TennesseeFran over 4 years ago
fritzoid Premium Member over 4 years ago
Ironically, I think this is the first instance of Schroeder speaking…
I❤️Peanuts over 4 years ago
This kind of endless yakking reflects my experiences over many years in concert halls, back when we could actually still go to concert halls (sigh). My sister is a “multi-tasker,” while I prefer to focus on one thing at a time.
knight1192a over 4 years ago
I believe he should have first stopped the record and asked them to be quiet then tried playing it again. Then if they kept talking he should have kicked them out. True, he should have asked for some silence before he even started the record, but They clearly would have ignored that.