In Reply to: Copying Beethoven...or The Girl with the Piano Earring posted by DWPC on May 21, 2007 at 14:31:46:
Wonder who sang all those soprano roles... not to mention mezzo, contralto... guys from the Vienna Boys Choir?
And how did Clara Schumann ever get to be so famous there?
"Surprisingly, Beethoven's music seemed secondary in the film." "Surprisingly"? You gotta be kidding.
clark
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Follow Ups
- "The absoluteness of the barriers to a gifted woman seeking a musical career in Beethoven's Vienna." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 10:13:34 05/22/07 (5)
- RE: "The absoluteness of the barriers to a gifted woman seeking a musical career in Beethoven's Vienna." Hmm... - DWPC 15:02:17 05/22/07 (4)
- "Splitting hairs"? No. There were real women singing in those days... - clarkjohnsen 08:08:34 05/23/07 (3)
- RE: "Splitting hairs"? No. There were real women singing in those days... - DWPC 10:37:57 05/23/07 (2)
- "You injected performers into the mix." Well EXCUSE ME! You said, "musical careers". - clarkjohnsen 11:04:49 05/24/07 (1)
- Implied...the character was a would-be composer nt - DWPC 13:41:07 05/24/07 (0)