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①Beethoven’s importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. ②He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure. ③Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity. ④The music is abrupt and seemingly disconnected, as in the last piano sonata. ⑤In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention. ⑥(47) By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.
⑥(47) By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.
By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.
by /from all accounts：大家说/大家都认为；根据各方面所说
这是两句话and连接：
①By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one
freethinking adj. 思想自由的。
courage n. 勇气。—— courageous adj. 勇敢的；无畏的。
即：大家都说，他（贝多芬）是一个思想自由，充满勇气的人。
②I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.
an essential quality是courage的宾语补足语，宾语和宾语补足语在逻辑上有主谓关系。所以，这里是“发现...是...”
essential adj. 基本的
quality n. 质量；品质；特征
let alone：更不用说
这里是这样的：
I find courage an essential quality for the understanding of his works, let alone an essential quality the performance of his works
即：我认勇气是理解，同时也是演奏贝多芬作品的一个必不可少的品质。
【完整译文】
①大家都说，他（贝多芬）是一个思想自由，充满勇气的人；而且，我认勇气是理解，同时也是演奏贝多芬作品的一个必不可少的品质。
②人们普遍认为，他（贝多芬）是一个思想自由、勇敢的人；我发现勇气对理解他作品的是极其重要的；更不用说演奏他的作品了。
③总而言之，他是一个思想不受束缚的人，而且是一个富有勇气的人；我认为勇气是理解——更是演奏——其作品不可或缺的品格。
④人们普遍认为，他（贝多芬）是一个思想自由、勇敢的人；我发现勇气对理解他作品的是极其重要的；而演奏他的作品就更需要勇气。
