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From: par@ihlpl.UUCP (Rupsis)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Tone Poems
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 13:14:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 13:14:10 1985
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   When I listen to R. Stauss's "Eine Alpensinfonie" it always reminds me of my
time in the Austrian and Swiss Alps. The most vivid portion of the tone poem
for me is the beginning where the dark gloominess of night is followed by the
gradual crescendo as the morning sky brightens into an array of majestic colors
until finally the sun triumphantly rises above the mountain tops for all to see.

   The second most vivid portion of the tone poem is when the climbers are
experiencing the joy, awe, and ecstasy of reaching the peak of the Alp. I really
can relate to it because I was on top of an Austrian Alp looking down on the
"little" city of Innsbruck on a gloriously warm summer day. It made me feel like
jumping up and down and running around singing...

            "The Hills are alive with the Sound of Music!"

			      Paul Rupsis