"The point of recapitulation in the first movement of the Ninth [Symphony of Beethoven] is one of the most horrifying moments in music, as the carefully prepared cadence is frustrated, damming up energy which finally explodes in the throttling, murderous rage of a rapist incapable of attaining release."

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Source : "Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality". Book by Susan McClary, 1991.

Susan McClary

#Symphony Quotes #Frustrated Quotes #Movement Quotes

“Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?”
“We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of on good rain and black loam.”
“You don't want to be rude but you have to be careful - there are a lot of strange people out there. (Goldman attributes this quote to Cliff Robertson.)”
“Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail.”
“Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.”

Source : Susan Cheever (1995). “A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation”, Quill
“Those who write clearly have readers.”
“If you're asking me do we want clean air and clean water? Yes. Do we want a safer climate for future generations of the world? Of course we want that. We're working super hard here in Trump Tower to make sure that happens.”
“It's not just the over $8 billion that we would be saving in law enforcement; it's also the over $8 billion that we would be making by taxing marijuana... We are filling our jails with nonviolent drug offenders - predominantly young, predominantly African American... It's a great beyond left and right issue. It has support across the political spectrum and also the support of the majority of the American people.”

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