Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 1999/07

From: Ken Wolman <Ken.Wolman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] APPLAUSE
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:46:08 -0400

lebewohl@-----.com wrote:
>
> With both Parsifal and Mahler's 9th Symphony, there is a respected tradition of not applauding since these were their last completed works, respectively. In this light, one can understand why applause would upset others.
>
> Bob Yoon

I don't know the history behind the Mahler, but I disagree with the
Wagner comment. The fact it was Wagner's last work is not relevant:
people do not refrain from applause at Puccini's Turandot or Verdi's
Falstaff. Parsifal forever has been passed off by its Wagnerite
adherents as a "Christian Drama." Not to get again into THAT topic
regarding Wagner (you all know the one I mean, I think), calling
anything Wagner wrote "Christian" is like saying Die Meistersinger is a
lesson in how to cobble shoes or prepare for a musical competition.

Ken
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