Klarinet Archive - Posting 000238.txt from 1999/07

From: "Steve Goldman" <sjgoldman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] APPLAUSE
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:11:37 -0400

My preferred tradition for a performance of Parsifal is much less polite
then applause, and would certainly be considered a social faux-pas (for
underlying theme, not performance quality).

Steve
Glenview, IL

sjgoldman@-----.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edwin V. Lacy [mailto:el2@-----.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 10:40 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] APPLAUSE
>
.....
> Possibile several list members may have seen a program on PBS last night
> about Parsifal. One of the important points made was that, contrary to
> popular belief, Parsifal has nothing to do with Christianity, or any other
> known religion. The underlying themes have to do with Wagner's views on
> the supposed "Aryan purity" of the Germanic peoples. So, I conclude that
> any aversion to applause at performances of the work has no connection to
> any similar reluctance to applaud at religious ceremonies......
>
> Ed Lacy
> el2@-----.edu
>
>
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