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Richard Putter <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:38:00 -0500
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Ong Yong Hui wrote:

>Anyone can try putting a finger to what they think carry erotic messages in
>music? Examples?

How about the opening few minutes of Strauss' *Der Rosenkavalier*? If that
isn't erotic, I don't know what is.  The curtain rises on Oktavian and the
Marschallin in bed, and the short prelude with its leaping intervals and
whooping horns leaves little doubt about what has been going on between
them that the audience doesn't see.

Richard Putter
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