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On a presentation copy of
his A Major Cello Sonata, Beethoven wrote Inter lachrymas et luctus—
amid tears and sorrow. Despite its inscription, the A Major Cello Sonata is
basically not a sad work. The irony for us is in the performance by
Barenboim and his wife, the late Jacqueline du Pre. Hailed as the greatest
cellist of this century, she contracted multiple sclerosis shortly after
this performance was filmed. Beethoven had, by the time he wrote this
sonata, apparently learned to deal with his deafness; Jacqueline du Pre
never played again. (28 minutes)
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