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John Smyth:
>It's all so relative isn't it. While wallowing in the sounds of Puccini's
>"Ill Trittico," ... it was so heartbreaking to read in the liner notes
>that Puccini was very concerned his music might not be modern (artistic)
>enough, and that he would only be known as a composer of "popular" music.
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>With "Trittico," finished in 1918, after such progressive works such as
>Schoenberg's "Erwartung," (1909), Strauss' "Solome" and "Elektra" (1905
>and 1909, and Stravinsky's "Rite," (1913), it's hard not to believe that
>Puccini was speaking of himself.
Actually, Puccini stole from all those guys. "La Fanciulla," "Schicchi,"
and "Turandot" are modern works, or at least works that owe a great deal
to early Modernism.
Steve Schwartz
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