Pablo Massa ([log in to unmask]) wrote:


Deryk Barker replies to me:
>
>>>...  Mahler's lieder, however, are better than his symphonies to
>>>introduce his sound world.
>>
>>You're not the first to say this, but I must disagree.  I know many people
>>(my younger self included) who simply did not like vocal music, period.
>>Lieder are not going to get these people into Mahler.
>
>2nd, 3rd, 4th and 8th.  symphonies neither....Those boys will loose a lot
>of Mahler, then.

Well, not necessarily. Speaking for my younger self, I could listen to
choral music but not lieder. I'm sure I wasn't alone in this.

Deryk Barker
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