Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00070)

On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, liesel f. deutsch wrote:
> Hi, Alexis,
> We agree on Beethoven ... and on Mozart. When it comes to Wagner, I know
> you're right. One of my college courses was on Wagner, & I ended it with a
> 30pp paper on "Meistersinger", which I researched almost as carefully as
> Wagner did. Did you know that he used some of the original Meister songs? I
> enjoy Wagner, but the enjoyment is tarnished by the fact that he was the
> Nazis' folk hero. I like Shostakovitch, but to me, he's not that
> outstanding. I prefer Aron Copland.
> Liesel

Liesel ...
	Yes ... I love Wagner myself, but I think it was Dave Barry that
once said "I enjoy Wagner's music, but every time I hear it I get an
inexplicable urge to invade Poland".
							(-:), -JRC