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Andrew Carlan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I cannot believe intelligent people can be suckered into Wagner's music,
>except as I gladly acknowledge in the momentary parting of the heavy clouds
>that is "Die Meistersinger."
You really seem to not like Wagner. Too heavy for you? Id like to say
a few things: First "Die Meistersinger" is not an exeption when it comes
to Wagner, he had surely wrote more of it if it hadnt been that he was a
sensitive neurotic demanding ununderstood soul, which I heartily sympathize
with. I said "Die Meisersinger" is not an exeption: you should check my
earlier post in this thread about humour in Wagners music.
But much of Wagner is dark and heavy, yes. I just like it so, and I am
really a sucker: "I can suck melancholy from a song like the veasel sucks
eggs!" as Shakespeare writes. When I first encountered Wagners music that
was in a time when I felt very down and depressed. In die Walkuere I found
a friendly soul in Wagner...I got over the depression, but Wagner is still
in my heart. All people feel depressed sometuimes, and when you do I
suggest you the play your Walkuere CDs, I am sure in that mood you will
find new things in Wagner.
>I guess what offends me is that I have to bear the weight as part of my
>culture a man who had no more discernment or naturalness of feeling than
>Walt Disney or Mussolini, which stretches a long way. ... "Muss is sein.
>Es muss sein." Hatred, Wagner thought, was his strength. So he wrote it
>into his music.
I have never understood why people can get scared of by antisemitism
in someones music! Do you want to tell us a little more about the
antisemitism and hatred in Wagners music? In which accord do you hear
antisemitism? In which melody do you hear hatred?
>Still Standing Up for Nielsen
Good to see someone is fighting for Nielsen! Though the worlds leaden
expert in Nielsen might be Mogens Wenzel Andreasen.
James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>
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