"May I play something of yours now?" I asked cheekily. Beethoven nodded with a smile. I played the first movement of the C Major Concerto. When I had ended, Beethoven seized both my hands, kissed me on the forehead and said gently: "Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!" - Franz Liszt [Liszt Ferencz] (1811 - 1886)
/ (on his 1823 meeting with Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827))
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「何かあなたの曲を今弾いてもいいですか？」と、生意気にも私は尋ねた。ベートーヴェンは笑顔でうなずいた。私はハ長調協奏曲の第一楽章を弾いた。弾き終わると、ベートーヴェンは私の両手をつかみ、額にキスをし、優しく言った。「行きなさい！ おまえは幸せな同士だ、他の多くの人々に幸せと喜びを与えるのだからね。それ以上のものはない！」 - フランツ・リスト［リスト・フェレンツ］ (1811 - 1886)
/ (ルートヴィヒ・ヴァン・ベートーヴェン［ベートーベン］ (1770 - 1827)との1823年の対面で)
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