On 25 May 2007 at 18:04, Andrew Stiller wrote: > On May 25, 2007, at 1:20 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > All of these people would benefit from absorbing the message of > > Wagner's Meistersinger. > > That people should support German composers???
I see you've never actually grappled with the actual meaning of it, as opposed to the one-paragraph synopsis. No, it's actually about the struggle of the artist who values the old ways but needs to move beyond them to express what he has to say. I see it as autobiographical, myself, but also very much related to Wotan's struggle in the Ring cycle. Of course, I've had the benefit of extensive study with one of the world's leading Wagner scholars, so maybe I'm able to appreciate subtleties that escape others. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
