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From: jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Wagner on disc
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Date: Wed, 9-May-84 13:32:10 EDT
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Paul Asente writes:

>I would recommend Deryck Cooke's "An Introduction to Wagner's Ring," on
>the London label (catalog number RDN S-1).  Although a little
>pretentious at times, it presents all the major themes in the work and
>describes how they relate to each other.  Before I heard this, I too
>found the Ring rather unaccessible, but it has since become one of my
>favorite works.

Thank you for this information.  I have been looking for such an
introductory material on the Ring for a long time. 
(This type of info makes net.music.classical very valuable for me).

My son (14 yrs old) got hooked on the Ring last year, when Public
TV put it on the air.  Before that he enjoyed listening to classical
music, but only after the broadcast of the Ring he really 
began to appreciate classical music.  I would have to say
that the Ring was a very useful spark.  Unlike many other parents  
my situation is reversed, I have to urge my son that for social
reasons he ought to tolerate rock.

Coming from Israel, where Wagner's music is a taboo (less so nowadays)
because of the association of Wagner and anti-Semitism, my exposure
to Wagner's music is recent. I think it is possible
to disassociate Wagner the man from his music.  This statement
may not be true if you are a survivor of the Holocaust.
As for the music,  I have difficulties finding words to express
my appreciation for it.
-- 

Yosi Hoshen
Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois
(312)-979-7321
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