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Classical Music

Fortinbras Armstrong

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3. I have very mixed feelings about Wagner

Reply to Aristus (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 07:38 AM

Jun 2013

As Rossini wrote, "Wagner has some wonderful moments, but bad quarter hours." He could be extremely long-winded -- have you ever noticed that in Act 2 of Götterdämmerung, Alberich and Hagen have a conversation, and then repeat it, twice, as if we hadn't got it the first time.

His music could be thrilling, but bombastic. Woody Allen's crack about listening to too much Wagner makes him want to conquer Poland comes to mind. And there is the thing about him being a thoroughly despicable human being.

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Wagner's 'The Siegfried Idyll' is the 'end credits' of the Ring Cycle. [View all] Aristus May 2013 OP

Actually, my favorite piece of Wagner is Siegfried's funeral music Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2013 #1

"Excaliber" is the movie that introduced me to Wagner's music. Aristus Jun 2013 #2

I have very mixed feelings about Wagner Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2013 #3

You make some good points. Aristus Jun 2013 #4

That Hitler liked Wagner means nothing Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2013 #5

Yeah, there's no getting around that. Aristus Jun 2013 #6