In Reply to: Re: Have you ever seen Lang's "Niebelungen" films? posted by patrickU on July 11, 2005 at 06:21:54:
My best friend surprised me with a visit Saturday. After enjoying dinner, we retired to the den and I began playing for him some of the music I was listening to, without first telling him what it was. When I put on the opening to "Rheingold," he sat back on the couch and listened with eyes closed. Four minutes into the opening, about a minute before the Rhine maidens begin singing, he looked at me and asked, "What is this music the start of?!" He was absolutely amazed at what he was listening to. Distance had shielded him from my enjoyment of Wagner, but now he has been exposed! And now, like a junior high school student given their first dime bag, he wants MORE!Thanks to everyone for their comments on Lang's films. I understand that, while drawn from the same sources as Wagner's work, they are different in many ways. The conversations here about Lang have inspired me! I will order them this week!
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- Re: "Extraordinary in their sheer beauty." - Gee LP 10:18:14 07/11/05 (5)
- Re: " A little correction "----- - patrickU 05:06:55 07/12/05 (4)
- Re: " A little correction "----- - Gee LP 13:08:31 07/12/05 (3)
- Re: " A little correction "----- - patrickU 04:08:13 07/13/05 (2)
- Re: Yes. Mark Twain loved that music, too! - Gee LP 17:11:35 07/13/05 (1)
- Re: Yes. Mark Twain loved that music, too! - patrickU 01:01:55 07/14/05 (0)