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There are certainly allusions that Leverkuhn (the... "protagonist"? Main character, if nothing else) was meant to be a parody of Schoenberg. In fact the whole novel is so tinted with parody of German High philosophy, as to be almost ridiculous. I am using the Ch. 8 lecture on op. 111 (itself a parody of Adorno, most likely) as the entry point to Beethoven.
Mann and Schoenberg were at least acquaintances. I remember reading somewhere that Ole' Arnie was a little put off when he first read it, until he realized just how true-to-life the facsimile was in many regards. Don't quote me on that bit though, I am not sure where I saw that.
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Originally posted by Peter View Postvery funny (unusually for Mann!)
[Whoops. I have clearly not had enough coffee... I didn't realize I described him as ridiculous in two different posts...]
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Just finishing Delacroix's journal: he has some very interesting views on art and composers which I don't entirely share but I suppose they give a French mid 19th century view of things. Overall he comes across as a rather unhappy and lonely man. Next up is Bowells's London journal of 1762/3 which I'm sure will be a happier read!'Man know thyself'
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Who needs conductors? An interesting question (and an old one, of course) that this newspaper article examines. Bonne lecture.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...ok-tom-service
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Originally posted by Philip View PostWho needs conductors? An interesting question (and an old one, of course) that this newspaper article examines. Bonne lecture.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/20...ok-tom-service
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Originally posted by Sorrano View PostSometime last week I listened to a work performed by a conductor-less orchestra, but cannot recall who or what. Attention was drawn to the fact that the orchestra operated without a conductor and that everything seemed to go well.'Truth and beauty joined'
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Originally posted by Philip View PostGive us a couple of ideas from this book, would you?
Some very interesting examples are given, which I really can't reproduce without a way to easily post notation, unfortunately. Bruckner gets a few mentions in it, though, such as:
"Wagner has, in his orchestral language, increased to the ultimate the reach of his 'endless melody' by ceaseless phrase-linkages from one instrument to another. Bruckner did not follow his master Wagner in this respect, but, for the most part, lets one theme die away completely before a new one arises; Reger, on the other hand, with his motifs organized from small elements is, in phrasing, to be considered a disciple of Brahms."
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