Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...every one knows that club was a complete and glaring failure. The reasons for this failure are probably known to many, but it is well that every one should know and understand the exact situation...
...their present form. Before Beethoven, we had perfectly organized simplicity. Into the music of Mozart, which was merely a concord of sweet sounds, Beethoven introduced an entirely new harmony, founded openly on "discord." To people in Beethoven's time this produced an involved effect that they were unable to understand or appreciate. But as time went on it became a recognized principle of harmony, without which music would be robbed of most of its strength...