Klarinet Archive - Posting 000944.txt from 2000/10

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Minor key - Mendelssohn Octet
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:01:57 -0400

I suppose it would be boring if we all liked the same music. I remember the
first time I heard the Mendelssohn Octet and how pleasing and charming I
found it.

Stewart Kiritz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Minor key - Mendelssohn Octet

> Interesting. I find it a happy, gay, and charming work. And no offense
> is taken, Bill.
>
> William Wright wrote:
> >
> > The CD of Mendelssohn's Octet arrived today. If ever there was an
> > example of how separated I am from the mainstream of music, this is it.
> >
> > To my ear, the second movement reeks so badly of despair, compared
> > to the first and third and fourth movements, I cannot perceive how any
> > other human being can see "joy" in it. I feel more jolly when I listen
> > to Hank Williams twang the country blues.
> >
> > What else can I say? No offense intended, Dan.
> >
> > Cheers (so long as I ignore the 2nd movement),
> > Bill
> >
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