This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the CLASSICAL list at COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM. If you simply forward it back to the list, using a mail command that generates "Resent-" fields (ask your local user support or consult the documentation of your mail program if in doubt), it will be distributed and the explanations you are now reading will be removed automatically. If on the other hand you edit the contributions you receive into a digest, you will have to remove this paragraph manually. Finally, you should be able to contact the author of this message by using the normal "reply" function of your mail program. Mitch Friedfeld wrote: >I have to admit I am not "getting" the Grosse Fuge. How do you say >"unlistenable" in German? I'm not a believer in "having to get". With me it's much like a new pair of shoes, either they feel right out of the box or they never will. I loved the GF on first hearing and still do. I recommend that you sit back and take an overview, don't try to pick it apart. It's a quite short work so it's certainly possible to hear it all in one sitting, it's not background music to be heard whilst doing something else. There has not been a recorded performance of it (neither string quartet nor orchestrated versions that dosn't get down deep into my heart. For me it's both over-powering and overwhelming. Of course one has to be in the right mood to listen to it (or anything else for that matter). It's changes my mood and outlook on life once it's over. Norman Schwartz [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html