What if he was faithless to his friends and
to his wives? He had one mistress towhom he was faithful to the day of
his death: Music. Not for a single moment did he ever compromise with
what he believed, with what he dreamed. There is not a line of his
music that could have been conceived by a little mind. Even when he is
dull, or downright bad, he is dull in the grand manner. There is
greatness about his worst mistakes.
对朋友的背信弃义和对妻子的始乱终弃又何关紧要呢?他有一位至死不渝,终其一生的情人:音乐。曾几何时他向信仰与梦想有过妥协,又何尝有一行音符是浅思薄想,草草勾勒的呢?即使他空虚沉闷到无聊之至,或是低俗恶劣得不折不扣,他的骄躁沉郁也都以一种德尚典雅的方式存在。他最严重的错误也蕴藏着伟大。