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Dr. Wright's "Brahms"

Posted by Jack Kelso on January 25, 2008, 10:42 am
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So he thinks Schumann is not a "great composer"? Can't a "Super-Brahmsian" over-rate his/her pet composer in a more musically substantial manner? Wouldn't George Szell be surprised to know that the composer he considered "the greatest of the purely Romantic composers" was not great?! (The other "purely" romantic composers were Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms). I don't feel that this type of pop-musicology does Brahms any good at all. His music should speak, not frantic hype that forgets the existence of Handel, J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner and others who don't need to stand in the shadow of Dr. Wright's opinions. Jack Kelso

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Message Thread Dr. Wright's "Brahms" - Jack Kelso January 25, 2008, 10:42 am Re: Dr. Wright's "Brahms" - chris howell January 26, 2008, 7:37 am Re: Dr. Wright's "Brahms" - chris howell January 27, 2008, 5:22 pm Re: Dr. Wright's "Brahms" - Anne January 27, 2008, 9:43 pm Re: Dr. Wright's "Brahms" - Jack Kelso January 29, 2008, 6:34 am Re: Dr. Wright's "Brahms" - Martin Walker January 29, 2008, 12:11 pm « Back to index | View thread »

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