On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 09:06 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
> That is not to say, though, that great poetry necessarily generates
> great
> music. Many have argued quite the contrary, that bad poetry and bad
> librettos make the best songs and operas. But that's a different
> discussion!
I was just about to bring up Schoenberg's disdain for the poems he used
in _Pierrot Lunaire_ ("glooooooomy black bats!"), but you beat me to the
punch.
- Darcy
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