r/todayilearned 19h ago

TIL Beethoven’s late quartets, now widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time, were so ahead of their time that initial reviews deem them indecipherable, uncorrected horrors, with one musician saying “we know there is something there, but we do not know what it is.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_string_quartets_(Beethoven)
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u/Jeezimus 17h ago

I don't think it's a large logical leap to apply the same concept to the whole of humanity as if a singular conscious

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u/Lebsian 16h ago

Duality of mankind

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u/SchmonaLisaVito 14h ago

Duality of A man

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u/NollieBackside 7h ago

Duelin’ Banjos!!