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Re: Weber's Funeral

Author: Llewsrac
Date: 2006-01-13 20:25

Richard Wagner composed and conducted "Das Liebesmahl Der Apostel" (The Feast of Pentecoast), for adult chorus and large orchestra which he composed for a choral festival at Dresden in 1843, to his own text as always. The festival was to include all the male-voice choirs in Saxony, performed when Weber's remains were brought to Dresden from London. 1200 singers from all over Saxony gathered for the performance. Wagner wrote of the event,
" I was astonished at the comparatively feeble effect produced on my ear by this colossal human tangle of sounds. The conclusion at which I arrived was that these enormous choral undertakings are folly, and I never again felt inclined to repeat the experience."
Hojotoho!!!!!!!!!!

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