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> On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Hmm...I'd always heard that B Franklin was a deist rather than an
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On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmm...I'd always heard that B Franklin was a deist rather than an
atheist.
From what I know of him (and I've read the standard biograpy) he just
wasn't interested in anything that did not have a practical
application. Which would make
Well, I understand that Berlioz was an agnostic, and Mozart mostly
went to
church so he could play the organ
You're right RE Berlioz, at least, but the problem with figuring out
who might have been an atheist or not is that it was downright
dangerous to take such a stance before
Hmm...I'd always heard that B Franklin was a deist rather than an atheist.
Many composers have reached outside of their religious tradition in their
work (e.g., my Episcopalian evensong liturgy), so it often is hard to
tell.
Aaron J. Rabushka
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Richard Smith wrote:
I have seen it written that Dvorak returned from a visit with Brahms
quite upset because Brahms was "such a great man and he believes in
nothing, absolutely nothing." I don't know how reliable that is but it
certainly puts the Brahms discussion in a different light.
Richa
On Aug 8, 2007, at 11:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I understand that Berlioz was an agnostic,
I used to be an agnostic, but now I'm not sure...
8-)
Christopher
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Well, I understand that Berlioz was an agnostic, and Mozart mostly went to
church so he could play the organ
Aaron J. Rabushka
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> On Aug 8, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
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>> I have seen it written that Dvorak returned from a vis
On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
If I take all the religious references and substitute "inner
strength", "concentration", "reflection" and "knowledge" then I find
that Brahms and I are in very close agreement about how things go when
one is "in the zone" (to use a hoc
On Aug 8, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Richard Smith wrote:
I have seen it written that Dvorak returned from a visit with
Brahms quite upset because Brahms was "such a great man and he
believes in nothing, absolutely nothing." I don't know how reliable
that is but it certainly puts the Brahms discuss
I have seen it written that Dvorak returned from a visit with Brahms
quite upset because Brahms was "such a great man and he believes in
nothing, absolutely nothing." I don't know how reliable that is but it
certainly puts the Brahms discussion in a different light.
Richard Smith
www.rgsmithmu
One paragraph (at least) was quite unclear:
Joachim had to sign contracts which said he could play anything but the
Brahms Concerto (written for Joachim). In other words, Brahms was
greatly under appreciated during his lifetime. But Brahms knew what his
place would be fifty years hence.
Andrew Levin wrote:
David,
Regarding the Brahms quote, I think it's in this book:
Talks with Great Composers: Candid Conversations with Brahms, Puccini,
Strauss, and Others by Arthur M. Abell. New York: Carol Publishing Group,
Citadel Press, (1955), 1994, 182 pp. ISBN 0-8065-1565-1.
Very inter
On 8 Aug 2007 at 0:18, Andrew Levin wrote:
> Regarding the Brahms quote, I think it's in this book:
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> Talks with Great Composers: Candid Conversations with Brahms, Puccini,
> Strauss, and Others by Arthur M. Abell. New York: Carol Publishing
> Group, Citadel Press, (1955), 1994, 182 pp. ISBN 0-
David,
Regarding the Brahms quote, I think it's in this book:
Talks with Great Composers: Candid Conversations with Brahms, Puccini,
Strauss, and Others by Arthur M. Abell. New York: Carol Publishing Group,
Citadel Press, (1955), 1994, 182 pp. ISBN 0-8065-1565-1.
Very interesting reading, if you
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