Doublereed Archive - Posting 000028.txt from 2005/01

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 00:20:45 -0500


"What was it that drove these thousands into the arms of his art=E2=80=94wh=
at but=20
the blissfully sensuous, searing, sense-consuming, intoxicating, hypnotical=
ly=20
caressing, heavily upholstered=E2=80=94in a word, the luxurious quality of=20=
his music?"

-Thomas Mann (1875=E2=80=931955) German author, critic
From the essay =E2=80=9CSuffering and Greatness of Richard Wagner,=E2=80=
=9D originally=20
published as Leiden und Gr=C3=B6=C3=9Fe Richard Wagners in =E2=80=9CDie Neu=
e Rundschau.=E2=80=9D =20

---------------------------------------------------------------------
For personal help: email doublereed-owner@-----.org
Doublereed is a service of Woodwind.Org, Inc. http://www.woodwind.org