Talk:Beethoven Symphonies (Liszt)

Bias
You're wrong the hardest and most challenging is not up to the wikipedia author. 76.64.104.233 (talk) 20:52, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Misleading Quotation
My issue is with this section:

(He had in fact completed a transcription of the Ninth Symphony for two pianos in 1850.) Nevertheless, he made another attempt after an expressive letter from Breitkopf & Härtel, and expressed "the range achieved by the pianoforte in recent years as a result of progress both in playing technique and in terms of mechanical improvements enables more and better things to be achieved than was previously possible. Through the immense development of its harmonic power the piano is trying increasingly to adopt all orchestral compositions. In the compass of its seven octaves it is able, with only a few exceptions, to reproduce all the characteristics, all the combination, all the forms of the deepest and most profound works of music. It was with this intention that I embark on the work which I now present to the world."

According to the source of Note 2, the quote was "penned in the late 1830s" though in the context of the article it gives the impression that this was a response to overcoming difficulties that were to come decades later.

I'm not sure how to correct this without ruining the structure of the section, and so I just wish to point this out so that a more experienced editor may find a solution. AnonymousVegan (talk) 04:06, 17 June 2024 (UTC)