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Re: St. Saens "Africa Fantasy"
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Mikael Rasmusson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 11:49:47 +0100
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Gilbert Chang writes:

>I LOVE SS's Africa Fantasy.  To me, SS is such a fantastic composer
>at exotic music, and his Africa Fantasy is among his best.  I do have
>the CALA disc mentioned above--got it from Berkshire!

Why is it called the Africa Fantasy? Was it inspired by African music of by
a trip to Africa? Has it something to do with Meyerbeer's African opera?
Liszt wrote a fantasy based on several themes from Meyerbeer's opera.

Rasmusson

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