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To: WesternCulture
Why did Wagner compose "music" when he simply could've shot himself?

LOL! I have always liked Brahms, myself. At its best, music should have a spiritual and intellectual dimension, not just emotional. And Wagner's music is so much superficial adolescent noise, it is no wonder the Nazis liked it.

11 posted on 08/26/2007 11:14:28 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

“At its best, music should have a spiritual and intellectual dimension, not just emotional.”

- This is very true.


14 posted on 08/26/2007 1:19:27 PM PDT by WesternCulture
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