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From: frith@trwrdc.UUCP (Lord Frith)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Sibelius - tone poems
Message-ID: <1073@trwrdc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 18:43:35 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 18:43:35 1985
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In article <258@tekig4.UUCP> carolo@tekig4Ochsner.UUCP (Carol Ochsner) writes:
>>>
>>> When I was studying Baroque organ, I expressed to my teacher my fondness
>>> of Sibelius. His comment was that Sibelius is ok, as long as you like
>>> music searching desperately for a theme.
>>
>> And I suppose we could also talk about the music of Mahler...
>>
>> Music that has little or nothing to say, but spends hours doing it anyway.
>
> Not to mention the master of this genre: Richard Wagner!

Uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh.... well I can't agree with this.  Yes, Wagner
is lengthy and a bit pompous, but that's to be expected.  At least
Wagner's music GOES someplace.  Mahler just seems to meander about
endlessly!
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