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From: gsmith@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Gene Ward Smith)
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Subject: Re: Any Brucknerians out there?
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 01:35:54 EST
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In article <562@yale.ARPA> francois@yale.ARPA (Charles B. Francois) writes:
>I do wish I felt differently, and would appreciate any insights into
>a perhaps more rewarding approach to take to the Bruckner symphonies.  
>Any thoughts?

  It seems to me one of the striking features about Bruckner is that
his time scale is so different. One needs to teach the ear to hear
over a longer period of time. Listening in a kind of medatative trance
is one possibility.

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