Klarinet Archive - Posting 000671.txt from 2004/01

From: Georg.Kuehner@-----.de (Georg K=?ISO-8859-1?B?/A==?=hner)
Subj: Re: [kl] Wagner texts
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:52:22 -0500

Am 21.01.2004 17:25 Uhr schrieb "Dan Leeson" unter <leeson0@-----.net>:

> Georg K=FChner wrote:
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>> There was recently a discussion about Wagner texts,
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>> I found an interestin adress where You can rea a lot of the original ope=
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>> texts ( which are understandable dung by "fat blon women" :-)) )
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>> http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/autoren/wagner.htm
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>> Best Georg
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>> PS: Please forgive me that joke :-((
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> Any library that stocks libertti for operas would undoubtedly have
> libretti for many if not all of the Wagner operas. And if they don't
> have them, you can always request one using inter-library loan.

I was looking for Kants "Was ist Aufkl=E4rung" and thought some of the techie=
s
would not go to alibrary but sit in fromt of their computer. There are text=
s
of most of important German and ancient writers.

Best Georg=20

> I'm not sure what you are looking for but there is considerable dispute
> about the poetic worthiness of Wagner's writings, which includes the
> texts of his libretti. Some consider them masterpieces of German
> writings, others consider them trash from an incompetent and untrained
> writer and librettist.

I don't want to judge his libretti bur I sometimes make a joke of speaking
in alliterations.

How much poetry is in them is very much
> debatable, as is how much medieval Norse legends are present.
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> Dan Leeson
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