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Peter Triggs
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Gone Fishin, Canada
Jan 2000
time: 05:37
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IIRC, GePap is the local music critic here but he seems not to have noticed this, so I'll pre-empt.
There, actually, is a well-known Alfred Einstein, a man cursed with a name too similar to his (possibly) distant cousin. Here is a review of one of his books that probably won't strike a chord with those who don't love Mozart:
http://www.mozartproject.org/books/einstein.html
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Few writers are as qualified as Alfred Einstein to discuss the musical works of Mozart. Einstein is perhaps best known as the editor of the first thorough revision of the Köchel catalog: the third edition, published in 1936. "It was inevitable that in doing this I should arrive at new results, and it is perhaps understandable that in the end I have felt impelled to present these results not only in the dry form of a catalogue, but also in a more connected and personal one." So Einstein writes in the preface of Mozart, His Character, His Work, which followed in 1945.
Einstein's knowledge of music history, and the depth of his familiarity with Mozart's music in particular, means that he has something pertinent to say about almost everything Mozart composed. In that regard, this book is full of illuminating and thoughtful analysis. But in taking on Mozart's personal life, Einstein does not fare nearly as well. He is much too near his subject. His love of Mozart the musician clouds his view of Mozart the man.
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It is unlikely that Platypus Rex was setting up for a snappy comeback, but you never know.
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The_Aussie_Lurker
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
May 2001
time: 05:37
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Hmmm, a few thoughts.
Russian Great Artists:
Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Faberge.
German Great Artists:
Beethoven, JS Bach, GF Handel (though, technically, he did all of his best work in England), Ludwig Van Beethoven and WA Mozart, Brecht.
American Great Artists:
Whistler, Henri, Turner, Sargent, Tanner, Gerschwin, Bernstein, Lerner and Lowe, Rodgers and Hart (Rodgers and Hammerstein).
English Great Artists
Purcell, Grainger, Vaughn-Williams, Britten, Elgar, Blake, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelly.
Of course, thats just artists!
Yours,
Aussie_Lurker.
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Ecthy
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Zhonghuà Rénmín Gònghéguó
Mar 2000
time: 06:37
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Defoe wrote his most famous novel so he could get his daughters married, but then the arty ones among you will probably call it blech.
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Ecthy
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Zhonghuà Rénmín Gònghéguó
Mar 2000
time: 06:37
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Military leaders for the Germans: Wallenstein, Blücher, Moltke, Manstein/Guderian/some WWII guy
Scientists: Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Einstein, Koch, Haber
Artists: Beethoven, Bach, Dürer, you tell me
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
time: 15:37
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quote:
Originally posted by Aro
I love Brigadeiros, too.
But I dont drink coffe anymore, since I quit cigarettes... 
Btw, are you a musician? I mean, your knowledge and point of views about art is not so common...  |
Not a musician, but I love music. I educated myself about art from an early age, but then I think if you're brought up a Catholic you get an unfair head start on many other people.
But then the Lutherans get Bach, the Muslims get Behzad, the Hindus have Khajuraho, et cetera, so it kind of all evens out in the end.
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Artists: Beethoven, Bach, Dürer, you tell me |
My favourites include the Cranachs, Hans Baldung Grien, Albrecht Altdorfer, Max Ernst, I suppose you could include Holbein and Klee (Germanic, if not echt German), Grosz, Franz Marc, Kathe Kollwitz- oh, and a failed painter from Linz...
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