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Dear Prof and List
This was a particularly fascinating and informative posting - the reason
why I enjoy some of the Non horn related messages most of all.
However, this comment must be treated with caution. In the ea
On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at 08:40 AM, Hans Pizka wrote:
As a human being, Wagner was a disgusting man. But what an artist.
There lies the main issue. It seems to me that various points follow on
from
this.
One of my favorite readings is a short chapter on Wagner found in Of
Men and Music, a ser
human being.
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> As a human being, Wag
> As a human being, Wagner was a disgusting man. But what an artist.
There lies the main issue. It seems to me that various points follow on from
this.
1. It is possible to be a great artist and at the same time to be a complete
shit. It is even surprisingly common!
2. It is a valid field of st
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Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Wagner's anti-Semitism
Hans, I understand how you feel this way, being as I am myself a true
'Wagnerite', one who can sin
Hans, I understand how you feel this way, being as I am myself a true
'Wagnerite', one who can sing passages by heart (male roles mostly ;-) and
have read many books (mainly concerning The Ring), and played the Ring
operas in the pit and as back stage horn-caller. For years I spent most of
my spare
If you are that bigot, you have to turn yourself away from most arts &
artists, who frequented brothels, drank excessively, used drug (Mozart
did both), committed adultery frequently (Mozart is one of the best
examples), betrayed friends voluntarily or out from their incapability
handling money (Wa
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