几乎令人难以相信的是,贝多芬的十分出名的乐曲,经常不是按着贝多芬自始至终的愿望来演奏的,象他在亲自签名的乐谱或他亲笔修改的第一个版本的乐谱中所规定的那样。或迟或早,任何一个贝多芬的阐释者都必须面对速度这个重大问题。在贝多芬的谈话记录和同时代的报导里,贝多芬非常怀疑当代的演奏家是否具有实现他的要求的能力,因此他很欢迎节拍器的发明。先不管他那个节拍器是否有时会有问题,贝多芬头脑中所听到的速度比一个宠大的乐队在有回声的演出厅正常情况下所能奏出的要快。有这样的证明,当贝多芬面 Almost unbelievably, Beethoven’s notoriously musical compositions are often not played according to Beethoven’s desires from beginning to end, as stipulated in his or her personally signed score or his first version of his score Like that. Sooner or later, any one Beethoven interpreter must face the major issue of speed. In Beethoven’s conversations and contemporaries, Beethoven wondered very much whether contemporary performers had the ability to fulfill his demands, so he welcomed the invention of metronomes. Regardless of whether or not there is a problem with his metronome, Beethoven could hear faster than a pet-heavy band would normally play in an echoed performance hall. There is such a proof, when Beethoven noodles