incidentally aero they did an experiment on that radio 3 season to see if it was physically possible to write down the amount of music Schubert composed within the timespan he had
― aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
Purcell wouldn't obey either the Italian nor the French dictates of the genre, including dance and whatnot. There are lots of jokes in 'King Arthur' and 'The Faerie Queen', though.
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
bollocks to Italo-Gallic hipsters tho
― aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
I remeber reading that he thumbed his nose partly because English audiences wanted something a bit more rollicking than the French and you know, ya gotta pay the bills.
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
Dido and Aeneas is heart-breakingly beautiful tho, i feel like the staticness of his stories/staging is the unoperatic touch if anything
― aboulia banks (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
Poor Dido...
― L'ennui, cette maladie de tous les (Michael White), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 29 April 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 30 April 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link