So agree. Some of his bagatelles for piano have a skipping rhythm. Pure joyfulness. I drew this for Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

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"All works, no matter what or by whom painted, are nothing but bagatelles and childish trifles... unless they are made and painted from life, and there can be nothing... better than to follow nature"

... and my, how he followed. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1571

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New things at 9: Beethoven Bagatelles from Paul Lewis, a life story in miniature; Bach in lockdown from Anna Prohaska and lutenists in face masks, a premiere recording of Nielsen's The Mother, and Beethoven's contemporary Franz Krommer's 9th Symphony

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