Posted by B.G. on July 04, 2002 at 18:33:27:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: why play wagner? posted by Mac Fish on July 04, 2002 at 17:39:51:
OK, but so what? Can't we just enjoy the music that such stories contain? And why keep dredging around about how these works got misused by a vicious, misguided regime? It's over with. I like "Meistersinger" because it contains nice music, and is probably Wagner's most contrapuntal work, if such a thing exists. Believe it or not, I actually believe that they should allow Barenboim and others to perform Wagner's music in Israel even. Why censor it? What good could possibly come of that?
I really rather suspect that you just don't like the music itself that much. And if that's true, that's OK.
Barry Guerrero