> 3. Wagner's operas are much better with cuts.
A friend of mine recently expressed the opinion that "Wagner wrote some wonderful tone poems which have been utterly ruined by the addition of voices". It's a point of view I can hold some sympathy with... > > 5. Schoenberg's music never sounds more attractive, no matter how many > times you listen to it. :-) That could be applied even more justifiably to several other composers. Stockhausen for instance... http://www.vpmag.com/nwc/newsgems.html#stockhausencarre Regards Jonathan West _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org

