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In his opera “Fierrabras”, there is a chorus where Schubert stole liberally from Beethoven’s “Fidelio”. Schubert stepped over that line quite a bit at times.


178 posted on 08/03/2013 7:04:23 PM PDT by Publius (And so, night falls on civilization.)
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“Fierrabras”?

Is that a heartrending drama about a woman who mistakenly laundered her foundation garments in caustic detergent?

Those would be “Fire-Bras” indeed.


281 posted on 08/04/2013 4:30:36 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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