A New Defense of Mendelssohn

Started by Homo Aestheticus, February 02, 2009, 08:37:51 PM

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Polednice

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April 28, 2012, 05:19:54 PM
Well, Mendelssohn is one of my favourite composers (neither Bach nor Beethoven are), so in my own little subjective world of theoretical illiteracy, his music has far more emotional intensity and intrigue than the others.

xochitl

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April 28, 2012, 10:16:27 PM
i used to lump mendelssohn with mozart in the 'highly polished geniuses who leave me cold'

but recently ive been finding the humanity in both

Jo498

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April 20, 2016, 01:36:15 AM
The ouverture Wagner was inspired by (and might have taken some motives from for Rheingold although they are kind of "naturally" used for representing flowing water) was "Die schöne Melusine" (the fair Melusina). Brahms is supposed to have said about the "Hebrides" that he was incapable of writing anything as beautiful as this.
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal
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