Klarinet Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 1998/10

From: Jack Silver <jsilver@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Wager (and the Ring)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 22:18:02 -0400

As Mark Twain put it: "Wagner's music is much better than it sounds"

Jack Silver <jsilver@-----.org>

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:

> Dan Leeson wrote:
>
> <<<I would not have brought up these specifics if Roger had not asked,
> because it is not entirely seemly to speak of their details, so
> disgusting do they become.>>>
>
> Disgusting, indeed. However, Dan, you have done a great service by
> reminding us of them. Until now, I was unaware of any of this--and I've
> attended the Ring here in Seattle twice.
>
> I always thought of Wagner as pretty good music until the singing started.
> Now I'm not so sure about even that. Let's just say that my 1-yr old son is
> now unlikely to hear any Wagner, at least until he can understand the full
> story.
>
> It's important to keep this information alive. I paraphrase--if you forget
> history, you're doomed to repeat it. Ideas like Wagner's are a lot like
> mold--often the best way to be rid of them is to expose them to the
> sunlight.
>
> kjf
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