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[Borges]

Classical Ping

[mylife]

I could never really dig Wagner.
He was kinda the punk rocker of his time.

Not that I don’t dig punk rock occasionally.

[Publius]

Beethoven: Quartet in C# minor, Op. 131

[MinuteGal]

The linked full article is fascinating to the classical musician and to opera fans such as I.

Two titans in three-quarters time......

Leni

[left that other site]

Thanks for the ping.

Verdi vs Wagner...hmmmm

Both wrote operas, Both used very dramatic music to move the story forward.

Wagner wrote of Gods, Goddesses, heroes and heroines, Knights and master Singers.

Verdi wrote of Courtesans, Hunchbacks, Gypsies, Ethiopian Slave Girls and Egyptian Princesses.

And I LOVE ‘em ALL! LOL!

(I know i left some characters out, but I was trying to keep it brief)

[Dr. Sivana]

On the first day the professor, Robert Bailey, a respected Wagner scholar, divided the century into three periods: pre-Wagner, Wagner and post-Wagner. Poor Verdi barely rated a mention.

Of course, after Wagner came the modernists, and now classical music itself barely rates a mention.

[NewHampshireDuo]

In my early high school days I was just getting familiar with symphonic music but thought that the premise of opera was rather stupid. Not to be too closed minded I read Ernest Newman’s “Stories of the Great Operas” cover to cover and played some of melodies on our old upright piano (single finger). I ended up settling on Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung” as my first opera to listen to via the newly released Decca/Solti recording. I listened to it once a day for weeks.

I still love Wagner (shelves of LPs, CDs and DVDs) plus most of the usual favorites and, especially, the east European works.

[Pyro7480]

I'm surprised no one has posted this yet.

Apocalypse Now - Ride of the Valkyries