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To: Desdemona
I'd worry about the people who can actually stay awake through a 2 hour Bach only concert.

Are you saying that I have some kind of undiagnosed mental illness? ;-)

15 posted on 03/21/2009 5:12:17 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Pyro7480
Are you saying that I have some kind of undiagnosed mental illness? ;-)

Or you've had entirely too much caffeine. Bach was probably a truly great organist. 300 years later, there's a very large body of work that puts Bach in a different light, especially when not everyone was cut out to perform it. Long, technical explanation could go here, but I'll resist.

I lean toward the late Baroque to mid-Romantic period, mostly, myself. Mozart, hands down, was the most naturally gifted, instinctual composer, but there were others during his years who were outstanding, particularly in Venice. Well, and then there was Rossini, Verdi, and in France Debussy, Saint-Saens, Bizet and Delibes. Sumptuous stuff. :)

17 posted on 03/21/2009 5:23:08 PM PDT by Desdemona (Tolerance of grave evil is NOT a Christian virtue. http://www.thekingsmen.us/)
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