Re: Liszt and Mahler own Schumann and Brahms

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 15:39:56 +0000, Owen Hartnett wrote:

On Jul 21, 2024 at 4:33:14 AM EDT, "DeepBlue" <dan.koren@gmail.com>
wrote:
>

On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 23:33:35 +0000, Owen Hartnett wrote:

>
On Jul 19, 2024 at 2:53:30 PM EDT, "Zionazi"
<marcs12212@gmail.com> wrote:
>

On Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:51:57 +0000, Zionazi wrote:
>

On Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:17:23 +0000, Zionazi wrote:
>

>

Wagner has beautiful moments, but most of it I don't appreciate...

>
There was some musician who I can't remember saying
something like Wagner take 20 minutes to get to a point.
>

>
"Wagner's music is better than it sounds." - Mark Twain

>
Not Mark Twain.  Bill Nye (not the science guy Bill Nye either).

Attributed to many.

"There are two golden rules for an orchestra when they
are playing Wagner. Never look at the trombones, it
only encourages them. And if you see a tuba player
smile, hit him." - Anon

>
I thought it was Beecham not encouraging the brass.

Attributed to many.
Who said "Wagner's operas are tests of the bladder"?
Cheers!