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But if it should seem less so, he might not be saying what he thought.<\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>Recordings and performances of Brahms are often judged on whether they can avoid falling into polyrhythmical webs and bass-heavy pits \u2013 traps set unintentionally by a composer who seriously intended, as Ives notes, to &#8216;say what he thought&#8217;.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something called a&nbsp;divertimento, whatever it may be, ought not to be a heavy thing.&nbsp; And Johannes Brahms, whatever his virtues, did write a good deal of music which can become heavy \u2013 sometimes for good reasons, and sometimes not.&nbsp; Charles Ives remarks on this in his&nbsp;Essays before a Sonata: To think hard and deeply and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Something called a divertimento, whatever it may be, ought not to be a heavy thing. 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