"It's never the Earl!" I remember a critic offering this sound refuting of the notion that the Earl of Oxford was "the author" of Shakespeare's works. "It's never the Earl" because suffering and privation seem necessary to create meaningful art.
So how surprised am I to learn only this week that a forgotten Prussian prince was among the best composers in his generation! I mean, his piano works outshine Kuhlau and Bortniansky's, even their work from decades later.
Just listen to this!!!
Horst Göbel, at piano, and the Joachim Quartett perform the adagio espressivo from Prince Louis Ferdinand von Preussen's Piano Quartet No. 1