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October 2, 2009 2:53 pm at 2:53 pm
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enlightenedjew
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Just-a-guy, good point.
Listen to the 9th or the 6th, the “Pastoral”, which is Beethoven’s paean to ‘nature’ – there’s little question in my mind that his talent for producing beautiful inspiring music is from Hashem. You could argue that Hashem gave him his musical ability solely to test Jews, but I’m not buying that; that’s a cop out answer. When I listen to Beethoven’s 9th, I believe I can just get a gist of what the Beis Hamikdash music must have been like. Maybe that’s why Hashem gave Beethoven that talent. Or Mozart. Or Brahms. or Dvorak. Or maybe even Jimi Hendrix, except he maybe badly misused his God-given talent?