Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00071)

JRC

Love your quote.

Liesel


>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