Jill Mattson – Fabien Maman reflected on the impact of Beethoven’s music. “It is not possible to read or write while listening to Beethoven. [1] His music disturbs. Indifference is impossible around a Beethoven symphony because this music vibrates all of the bodies, from the physical to the subtlest. With his music, Beethoven puts us in resonance physically, emotionally and spiritually.” [2]
Maman continued, “Beethoven can set the imagination soaring. He moved humanity forward with his revolutionary dissonances, harmonies and structure. Beethoven himself understood the deepest esoteric purposes for his music. ‘Life resembles the vibration of the sound and the human is like the play of the strings.’ Beethoven said, ‘Whoever understands my music will free himself from the misery in which all others are entrenched.'” [3] Continue reading
Turn of the century esoteric writing insists that the Renaissance music pulled the population out of the dark ages by introducing the perfection of chords, harmonies and mathematical patterns found among the tones. The early ornamental classical music inspired the excessively decorated architecture and dress of the time. One mystic writer revealed a concern about cold-hearted people hiding behind elaborate decoration. Hence, Beethoven was “over lit” to create music that enables the masses to feel compassion. According to the writing, charities in Europe were recorded only after people heard the music of Beethoven.