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Subject: [Leica] Mr. Beethoven. Mr. Mozart. Talk to us
From: creativevisions at verizon.net (creativevisions@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Jun 1 14:41:47 2005

It is a wonderful composition.

Mike

>From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
>Date: Wed Jun 01 16:32:28 CDT 2005
>To: lug@leica-users.org
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Mr. Beethoven. Mr. Mozart. Talk to us

>Except for Brahm's Second Piano Concerto, which has been described as a 
>battle between a piano and an orchestra.
>
>Jeffery
>
>
>
>> On 5/31/05 10:57 PM, "Afterswift@aol.com" <Afterswift@aol.com> typed:
>> 
>> > 
>> > In a message dated 5/31/05 10:46:43 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org 
>> > writes:
>> > 
>> > 
>> >> I detest piano sonatas, regardless of who wrote them or who performs 
>> >> them.
>> >> They are BORING, and the capital letters are intentional.? Even Mozart,
>> >> bless his soul, could not crank out one worthy of the listening.?
>> >> 
>> >> msmall@aya.yale.edu
>> >> 
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > ------
>> > A piano sonata is a dialogue between the piano and the orchestra. I 
>> > always
>> > like to hear what Beethoven and Mozart had to say in this form. Unlike a
>> > symphony, the soloist is a stand-in for the composer and you get to 
>> > hear his
>> > voice 
>> > clearly. 
>> > 
>> > Bob R
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> You're thinking "concerto":
>> 
>> Claude Rains in "Phantom of the Opera"
>> "I've been watching you for a long time!
>> You can sing my concerto!" (sic)
>> 
>> A sonata is a guy sitting there playing a piano. And that's it.
>> 
>> Solo piano music off a DVD goes with anything anywhere, all day and night.
>> I get less burnt out less quick on piano than anything.
>> Its a shame more people don't get into it. Used to be you had to rent a
>> piano and hire a guy or learn yourself. No more. (best would be a player
>> piano with piano roll by Gershwin himself)
>> To me that's the main good thing about digital and DVD's in music.
>> (I'ts weird pop music has not gone digital with all their money, only
>> classical it's gotten to me like listening to analog recorded music on a 
>> DVD
>> is like dancing on a piece of architecture)
>> Solo Lute or Clavichord works great from a DVD. Solo crickets you name it!
>>     with it's total lack of surface noise.
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Rabiner
>> Photography
>> Portland Oregon
>> http://rabinergroup.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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