In Reply to: Re: My First Opera posted by Brian Cheney on April 22, 2007 at 10:07:42:
" 'Flute' is a monument of Western culture, an inexhaustible treasure. Sorry it came across to you as less than that."HI,
Much, much less. Sorry, I don't get it and I don't think there is enough there to try. But we have at least drawn the battlefield for discussion.Mozart usually strikes me as being a superficial person with enormous native talent. I'll not argue that point. But, until the end, there was no depth with a few, almost accidental, exceptions. But towards the end of his superficial, pampered life -- glory, glory, glory.
He died too young. He was just coming into an understanding of life with its trials, joys, and triumphs. Many others, without the same talent, accomplished far more of real value. He is, generally, greatly overrated, IMO.
Sparky
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Follow Ups
- Re: My First Opera - Karma16 16:23:32 04/22/07 (26)
- **He is, generally, greatly overrated, IMO** - C.B. 10:58:22 04/23/07 (4)
- Re: **He is, generally, greatly overrated, IMO** - Karma16 11:13:53 04/23/07 (3)
- **But why would I have any reason at all to close off myself from music I secretly consider great? ** - C.B. 12:11:54 04/23/07 (1)
- Re: **But why would I have any reason at all to close off myself from music I secretly consider great? ** - Karma16 12:25:01 04/23/07 (0)
- "Life's too short to listen to music that one doesn't like"?... - SE 11:45:00 04/23/07 (0)
- Mozart and his talent - TGR 18:17:18 04/22/07 (0)
- Re: My First Opera - Brian Cheney 18:01:27 04/22/07 (19)
- Give up the argument, you lose. - Larry I 14:24:45 04/23/07 (2)
- Re: Give up the argument, you lose. - Brian Cheney 20:27:13 04/23/07 (1)
- Re: Give up the argument, you lose. - Pat D 06:46:18 04/24/07 (0)
- Re: My First Opera - Karma16 19:09:21 04/22/07 (9)
- The Sparks are Flying... - SE 04:19:16 04/23/07 (8)
- Re: The Sparks are Flying... - Karma16 06:16:38 04/23/07 (7)
- I will only say this... - SE 06:34:27 04/23/07 (6)
- In Reply to SE (this is getting interesting) - Karma16 07:55:05 04/23/07 (5)
- Well, I don't agree with your last statement... - SE 10:32:39 04/23/07 (4)
- Re: Well, I don't agree with your last statement... - Karma16 10:50:20 04/23/07 (3)
- Age happens, as does change... - SE 11:20:49 04/23/07 (2)
- Re: Age happens, as does change... - Karma16 12:34:17 04/23/07 (1)
- "Maybe I just don't like the Classical period at all." That COULD be. n/t - SE 13:08:32 04/23/07 (0)
- Re: My First Opera - Karma16 18:51:32 04/22/07 (5)
- That's the "Mozart was CLEVER...not deeply dramatic" view... - SE 04:13:27 04/23/07 (4)
- Re: That's the "Mozart was CLEVER...not deeply dramatic" view... - Karma16 06:00:02 04/23/07 (3)
- Agreed. What we've hit upon here is the distinction between... - SE 06:25:58 04/23/07 (2)
- Mozart "constrained by [his] own system"? - rbolaw 07:26:49 04/24/07 (1)
- I don't disagree with anything you said... - SE 10:06:46 04/24/07 (0)