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From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: Help! The grass is singing
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> A musical analogy. The Wagner-Brahms war, in which everyone took sides, is
> long over. The composers I know like Brahms, but they tell me he's
> irrelevant to their practice. Wagner is apparently still relevant.
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And relevant also to poetry, I'd say. I can't be the only one who
consciously uses his leitmotiv technique, particularly in longer pieces. One
day I shall even manage to work out the poetic equivalent of the fantastic
emotional charge that can be given by certain modulations and key changes.
joanna
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