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Re: Wagner in Contemporary Music
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Paul Silverthorne <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:26:24 EST
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>I am particulary interested in the way several living composers have used
>quotations from Wagner in their works.

Benjamin Britten quotes the 'Tristan chord' in Albert Herring to denote
a hiccough.  John Woolrich (with more serious intent) quotes from Tristan
in his viola concerto.  Recorded on NMC.

Paul Silverthorne

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