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Mon Dec-13-04 11:42 AM
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| 53. Spending 10 years in arts administration |
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allowed me to develop an appreciation of almost every composer. Even Webern (although my organization caught holy hell for performing one of his symphonies).
I saved my contempt for prima donna singer, players, and conductors.
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| -Ok, so who do ya despise? |
curse10 |
Nov-29-04 04:47 PM |
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Well.... |
MuseRider |
Nov-29-04 09:46 PM |
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I hate all the atonal composers |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-29-04 10:55 PM |
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I think you and I have been at the same concerts. |
CBHagman |
Jun-11-05 11:19 PM |
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I'm having a hard time with... |
Barad Simith |
Nov-29-04 11:49 PM |
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Not a Debussy fan either |
curse10 |
Dec-02-04 10:46 AM |
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Dunno about despise ... but ... |
Tracer |
Nov-30-04 12:42 PM |
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I like early music, but I don't like Anonymous 4 |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-30-04 01:18 PM |
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I think it is an acquired taste |
curse10 |
Dec-02-04 10:48 AM |
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Speak for your own ears, curse10. |
CBHagman |
Dec-05-04 10:49 AM |
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like I said, an acquired taste |
curse10 |
Dec-05-04 01:34 PM |
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I'm not religious and I LOVE Gregorian Chant. |
Odin2005 |
Mar-20-10 11:36 PM |
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Karlheinz Stockhausen and all that electronic crap. |
FuzzySlippers |
Dec-01-04 01:41 AM |
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Besides, Stockhausen's an al-Qaeda sympathizer... |
regnaD kciN |
Mar-01-05 01:04 AM |
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I don't despise, but i was never a big fan of Handel. |
Gothic Sponge |
Dec-01-04 05:24 AM |
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Mozart |
TrogL |
Dec-01-04 11:56 AM |
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I know someone else who despises Mozart |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-01-04 12:57 PM |
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Hate to say it |
Fleurs du Mal |
Dec-02-04 11:17 AM |
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I had the best nap |
MuseRider |
Dec-03-04 05:50 PM |
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I don't despise Mahler but I don't understand him either. |
non sociopath skin |
Dec-01-04 03:10 PM |
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I used to feel that way |
MuseRider |
Dec-03-04 12:54 PM |
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Read Mahler's biography, the music makes sense. |
fortyfeetunder |
Dec-07-04 02:43 AM |
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I used to ignore Mahler, but I went to a few live concerts... |
Sancho |
Oct-19-07 03:42 PM |
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I dislike atonal music, but I abhor anything with a harpsichord. |
leyton |
Dec-01-04 09:17 PM |
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LoL- I love the harpsichord! |
curse10 |
Dec-02-04 10:50 AM |
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I love the harpsichord - but I can see where Sir Thomas Beecham |
tjwmason |
May-31-05 04:50 AM |
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Beecham must never have heard a great harpsichordist |
tomeboy |
Jan-30-08 04:39 AM |
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LOL, that's funny, I love the harpsicord. |
Odin2005 |
Mar-20-10 11:30 PM |
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Gilbert & Sullivan |
Poiuyt |
Dec-02-04 12:00 AM |
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The words are much better than the music. |
robbedvoter |
Dec-02-04 12:02 PM |
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It is silly - and that's the point |
tjwmason |
May-31-05 04:52 AM |
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Wagner. Have a problem with opera as well. |
robbedvoter |
Dec-02-04 12:03 PM |
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Well, as an opera lover lol.. |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-02-04 11:55 PM |
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Hmmmmmmm......I wonder which opera is your favorite? |
FuzzySlippers |
Dec-03-04 01:47 AM |
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heehee..you get no prize for guessing the answer to that question!.. |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-03-04 03:20 PM |
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Norma? |
FuzzySlippers |
Dec-03-04 07:56 PM |
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Nope (thank goodness).. |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-03-04 11:09 PM |
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Your middle must be "Nixon In China" then! |
Rabrrrrrr |
Dec-04-04 07:09 PM |
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HAHAHAHA.....but wrong again..wrong century.. |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-05-04 08:48 PM |
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Flaubert? Is there an opera based on Madame Bovary? |
FuzzySlippers |
Dec-07-04 10:16 PM |
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Okay, I'll put you out of your misery.. |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-07-04 10:44 PM |
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Did Fauré have a brother who wrote operas? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-08-04 12:23 AM |
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SIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-09-04 08:45 PM |
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Roxana? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-10-04 12:57 AM |
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Dafoe wrote a novel of that name. |
FuzzySlippers |
Dec-10-04 02:34 PM |
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Last Hint.. |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-10-04 07:37 PM |
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I think you're just toying with us, Princess Turandot. |
FuzzySlippers |
Dec-10-04 07:55 PM |
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No No..it is only males who are treated as dirt... |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-11-04 06:57 PM |
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What about that slave girl Liu? |
FuzzySlippers |
Dec-11-04 11:46 PM |
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I finally thought of consulting Google, and I've got it! |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-10-04 10:00 PM |
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DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!... |
Princess Turandot |
Dec-11-04 07:00 PM |
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Great name! |
swimboy |
Oct-27-06 10:53 AM |
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Even Puccini combines recitative and arias... |
Misunderestimator |
Mar-05-05 08:04 AM |
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Gershwin |
thebeaglehaslanded |
Dec-03-04 06:05 PM |
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Rhapsody in Blue |
JitterbugPerfume |
Dec-04-04 03:55 PM |
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See, I'm the opposite on that one |
Rabrrrrrr |
Dec-05-04 02:44 PM |
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Depends on which side of the pit you're on.... |
fortyfeetunder |
Dec-07-04 02:40 AM |
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I'm not really a classical person |
paulk |
Dec-04-04 07:55 PM |
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Argh!! |
Rabrrrrrr |
Dec-05-04 02:49 PM |
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You got it... Cage and Crumb are the most over-rated hacks in the field. |
Misunderestimator |
Mar-05-05 08:07 AM |
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spit spit spit spit spit |
Rabrrrrrr |
Mar-11-05 09:58 PM |
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Ok, ok, ok... not my preference... I'll give you that Cage and Crumb |
Misunderestimator |
Mar-13-05 08:49 AM |
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Glass is one version of "Death by Arpeggio"!!! |
Perragrande |
Jul-01-07 12:52 AM |
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Maurice Ravel |
fortyfeetunder |
Dec-07-04 02:37 AM |
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Have you listened to |
MuseRider |
Dec-07-04 03:59 PM |
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Yes, and I can't get into that either. |
fortyfeetunder |
Dec-07-04 09:38 PM |
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That is a wonderful |
MuseRider |
Dec-07-04 10:31 PM |
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I agree |
demzilla |
Dec-27-04 11:27 PM |
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How about Gaspard de la nuit? |
are_we_united_yet |
Aug-14-05 01:02 AM |
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Ahhhh, Le Gibet... |
baby_mouse |
Sep-06-07 01:58 PM |
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Spending 10 years in arts administration |
MrsMatt |
Dec-13-04 11:42 AM |
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have to disagree with you on Copeland |
radfringe |
Dec-26-04 07:15 AM |
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I don't hate anybody, but. . . |
ironflange |
Dec-26-04 11:38 PM |
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Glazunov, I forgot Glazunov |
ironflange |
Dec-27-04 11:00 PM |
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he wrote a great elegy for viola |
curse10 |
Dec-28-04 12:33 PM |
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Brahms is fabulous! |
curse10 |
Dec-28-04 12:33 PM |
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I really DO like Brahms |
ironflange |
Dec-28-04 07:00 PM |
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BWAHAHAHA |
MuseRider |
Dec-31-04 05:55 PM |
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It may not be his porch, but that's how I heard it |
ironflange |
Dec-31-04 06:16 PM |
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Delius |
demzilla |
Dec-27-04 11:29 PM |
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I dispise that "Born" group |
demnan |
Dec-28-04 11:08 AM |
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Are you thinking of "Bond?" |
ironflange |
Mar-02-05 02:37 PM |
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I am not much of a Chopin fan. |
Endangered Specie |
Mar-02-05 12:54 AM |
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Brahms wrote some superbly beautiful vocal music... |
Misunderestimator |
Mar-05-05 07:58 AM |
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don't despise, but do dislike Shostakovich |
vajraroshana |
Mar-23-05 11:40 PM |
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Whaaaaaat?! Shostakovich ponderous and tedious? |
Rabrrrrrr |
May-28-05 02:19 AM |
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There really aren't |
La Coliniere |
May-29-05 11:02 AM |
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Most of the 19th C. |
tjwmason |
May-31-05 04:49 AM |
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Rossini. Blechh. |
ocelot |
Nov-12-05 07:35 PM |
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Percy Grainger |
bushwentawol |
Jan-01-06 11:56 PM |
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Charles Ives |
hedgehog |
Oct-06-06 10:55 AM |
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Dan Snyder |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Dec-10-06 11:47 PM |
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Sorry you hate Wagner, |
mitchtv |
Feb-13-08 09:55 PM |
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GERSHWIN!!! |
Odin2005 |
Mar-20-10 11:33 PM |
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