Andrew Carlan, putting on his "wanna be like Don" hat wrote: >Confusion (sick) say: He who not like humor in music probably not >like humor in life, too. He probably play a wind instrument because >he have the baggage. I have a saying: He who writes the above just might find his Nielsen collection missing one morning. As it happens, I do play a clarinet. If Andrew keeps this up, I might not review the remaining Nielsen string quartets. I know how eagerly he's been anticipating my insights. Deryk Barker wrote concerning Satz's lack of enthusiasm for Beethoven's >8th symphony. In fact, Don suggested it was Beethoven's biggest failure. Not correct. I compared the 8th to the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th, and found it lacking. At no time did I compare in any fashion the 8th to any non-symphonic Beethoven works. That's an F for Andrew as far as correct interpretation of my posting. >Forget finding an interpretation that might rescue the mighty Eighth >for you. If you don't like humor, you won't find anything redeeming in the >symphony, THANK GOD. No, I won't forget it. Heck, I don't even stop trying with Liszt and Tchaikovsky. Besides, maybe there's a conductor out there who also dislikes humor in music; that interpretation could be the winner for me. Don Satz [log in to unmask]