tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.comments2024-02-04T21:58:38.695-08:00Wagner Trippingramcduffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-41105387715815833222023-12-25T03:43:42.743-08:002023-12-25T03:43:42.743-08:00Thank you for every other fantastic article. Where...Thank you for every other fantastic article. Where else <br />may anybody get that type of information in such a perfect way of writing?<br /><br />I have a presentation subsequent week, and I am on the search for such <br />info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-20514062960943188072023-12-19T09:39:41.649-08:002023-12-19T09:39:41.649-08:00Hugely, hugely enjoyed this. While I was never inc...Hugely, hugely enjoyed this. While I was never inclined towards classical music myself and certainly not Western classical, I, however, found out in the last seven or eight years of my life that like eating fish, perhaps, it is an acquired taste that comes with maturity. What impresses me here is the gradient and definition of the author's learning curve that must certainly have been enhancedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-1538317562216512562023-03-22T00:17:23.532-07:002023-03-22T00:17:23.532-07:00This is an incredible blog: intelligent, insightf...This is an incredible blog: intelligent, insightful and beautifully written. WOW! This woman is brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-8270297100888810392020-04-19T09:46:15.519-07:002020-04-19T09:46:15.519-07:00thanks for this informative article thanks for this informative article bilalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029503430844048932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-52142953119268469602019-10-25T10:19:37.435-07:002019-10-25T10:19:37.435-07:00So glad to hear that. Very much looking forward to...So glad to hear that. Very much looking forward to it. Aleksi Lausti Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601026173682085300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-20687871230888534492019-10-19T15:07:30.553-07:002019-10-19T15:07:30.553-07:00Thank you. As a matter of fact, I just talked to a...Thank you. As a matter of fact, I just talked to a computer geek friend about putting it into the correct order - after fixing various formatting issues, dropping some things, adding and subtracting some material and fixing links. I am planning to do that in the next five months. I will let you know when it is done.ramcduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-22795911700632298882019-10-19T13:06:35.959-07:002019-10-19T13:06:35.959-07:00I only discovered your writings about Wagner here ...I only discovered your writings about Wagner here yesterday and have been devouring them for the last 24h and find them truly interesting, enlightening and entertaining. Your insights make me appreciate Wagner in a whole new light and will highly recommend others to acquaint themselves with your thoughts on him and likewise benefit from them. I do hope you form them into an ebook (or any form of Aleksi Lausti Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601026173682085300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-67645647468179590192019-08-17T15:39:24.148-07:002019-08-17T15:39:24.148-07:00Wagner was standing on the shoulders of Berlioz, w...Wagner was standing on the shoulders of Berlioz, who really invented the leitmotif mechanism that Wagner elevated to far greater heights than anyone before or since. In his youth, Wagner adored Berlioz.Joel Finkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09627970223596864228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-63222873483439401152018-05-26T01:00:36.762-07:002018-05-26T01:00:36.762-07:00Wow, I never saw this comment before. We will hav...Wow, I never saw this comment before. We will have to talk about this!ramcduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-83773832667895306872018-01-28T10:18:31.088-08:002018-01-28T10:18:31.088-08:00Yes, that point was made in the text.Yes, that point was made in the text.ramcduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-33234333495932413672018-01-28T01:15:38.294-08:002018-01-28T01:15:38.294-08:00Wouldn't some of the similarities just be due ...Wouldn't some of the similarities just be due to them building on the same source material? There is a dragon (or snake) guarding a gold treasure in the Poetic Edda, a riddle-contest, dwarves etc. ireadthatinabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582155730885751830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-60853825594598934262017-12-03T08:20:44.378-08:002017-12-03T08:20:44.378-08:00You can find what I think is a very intelligent on...You can find what I think is a very intelligent one-hour introduction to The Ring here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvpIbfslS9wAlex Fakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14485911812191889738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-12869572341473206012016-08-27T15:55:31.801-07:002016-08-27T15:55:31.801-07:00Thank you!!! Very interesting 😃Thank you!!! Very interesting 😃Proud potatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812397493581990314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-91576365734849949202016-04-07T23:51:00.913-07:002016-04-07T23:51:00.913-07:00Ah, Joe Dwayne, that was a time. I do wish I had ...Ah, Joe Dwayne, that was a time. I do wish I had not been in the midst of depression then. As you can tell from this post, I continue to have mixed feelings about Burning Man - but I did like being on the outskirts, away from the madness. I liked mornings when very few folks were up... I could bike down and get my coffee and see the all the beauty but without the sound and fury of the evening ramcduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-27445101464708057432016-04-07T17:44:28.331-07:002016-04-07T17:44:28.331-07:00I must say, Robin, that your blog is fascinating, ...I must say, Robin, that your blog is fascinating, as I have always found you and Leslie. Truly great friends. This post, however, which I am reading for the first time tonight, has brought me right back smack dab in that little KOA campground, in the outskirts of Black Rock City, where I was Joe Dwayne, and I had some very cool friends along for the ride. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-5584188758481210552014-01-10T15:28:43.128-08:002014-01-10T15:28:43.128-08:00I forgot to write that I gave you credit for inspi...I forgot to write that I gave you credit for inspiring me to do it. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-78457831979262409262014-01-10T15:26:37.576-08:002014-01-10T15:26:37.576-08:00Hi again. I thought you might be interested that I...Hi again. I thought you might be interested that I've started a blog whose main purpose will be defending Wagner from false and outrageous charges. If you'd like to see it, here it is:<br /><br />http://indefenseofrichardwagner.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-61233507373735977842014-01-01T22:56:55.162-08:002014-01-01T22:56:55.162-08:00(reposted to edit for typos) I am sorry if I seeme...(reposted to edit for typos) I am sorry if I seemed to imply there was an organized campaign. I do not think that at all. I will fix that. Wagner did nothing to suppress Meyerbeer, nor did Wagnerians. As I said in my post on Wagner's influence on music: "In France, Wagner was the final nail in the coffin for French grand opera, which was already in the pine box for other reasons." ramcduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-49218697634662675872013-12-31T08:03:00.240-08:002013-12-31T08:03:00.240-08:00I am sad to see your last post on this subject. Bu...I am sad to see your last post on this subject. But thank you for the time you have taken and some highly interesting articles. Not all of which I have read and thus have something to look forward to. The Wagnerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12938047173826128983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-65382787030709143082013-12-30T02:05:47.113-08:002013-12-30T02:05:47.113-08:00Congratulations on these articles. I am delighted ...Congratulations on these articles. I am delighted to note that we see eye to eye on many issues concerning Wagner. However, I have to beg to differ when you say that Wagner banished Meyerbeer from the stage. Indirectly, perhaps, but not directly. Meyerbeer had his detractors when Wagner was still a Meyerbeer wannabe. Schumann was a relentless foe, Berlioz covertly suggested from time to time thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-28550279770307856022013-12-27T18:55:00.051-08:002013-12-27T18:55:00.051-08:00Yay! Congratulations for making it to the end! So ...Yay! Congratulations for making it to the end! So very proud of you for persevering throughout the entire year, as I know how much hard work it was. Bu what an amazing accomplishment! You da Wagner bomb, babe! xoxoLeslie Karsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779717365273916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-19041895103446055912013-12-03T23:36:03.931-08:002013-12-03T23:36:03.931-08:00Thanks for your comment, and encouragement. I am ...Thanks for your comment, and encouragement. I am planning on working on the bibliography more in the future. I do have the Burbidge/Sutton collection, and admired Tanner's article. It is hard to get which is one reason I didn't put it down, but I will add it. As for Cooke, I am sure it is great—as is is CD analysis—but I haven't read it. I only put things for which I had ramcduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-50096937195282781452013-12-03T21:21:34.837-08:002013-12-03T21:21:34.837-08:00Sorry that I failed to footnote that quote! It co...Sorry that I failed to footnote that quote! It comes from Tanner's "Pocket Guide" to Wagner that was published in 2010 on page 239. If you are a fan of Tanner—as I am—it is worth picking up. He has a short biography, then chapters on each opera, then an essay on "Wagner, Jews and the Nazis", followed by an interesting annotated bibliography.ramcduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12575821484262062128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-2024194215059048172013-12-03T16:48:55.075-08:002013-12-03T16:48:55.075-08:00I'm wondering where you found Michael Tanner&#...I'm wondering where you found Michael Tanner's quote in reference to The Cambridge Guide to Wagner. An excellent observation. I remember upon reading it I had the distinct impression that May was almost putting on a show, trying to prove how socially conscious he was by devoting a ton of space to Wagners antisemitism. And yet, after critisizing writers like Magee and Tanner for being too SilenceIsGoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959932896231370218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644303382014544455.post-26494914850112363052013-12-03T16:04:53.289-08:002013-12-03T16:04:53.289-08:00As a fellow Wagnerian who recently came across thi...As a fellow Wagnerian who recently came across this blog by chance, I wanted to offer you encouragement and comment on how excellent it is: very thorough and intelligent. In fact I am a little shocked on how many of your views seem to mirror the conclusions I've come to after years of listening to and reading about Wagner. It's relieving to know I'm not alone in my convictions. And I SilenceIsGoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959932896231370218noreply@blogger.com