In Reply to: Aren't you glad you started this thread? ;-) posted by rbolaw on July 16, 2016 at 11:13:51:
Faure's and Durufle's Requiems. Obviously I could go on.It seems a bit defensive to ask if the appreciation of Biblical texts and stories--set to music by whomever-- is somehow regressive.
Whether the composer is up to the task....
Edits: 07/16/16
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- The cosmic irony is that Classical aficionados own the Bach Masses, Passions; Handel's Oratorios, Mozart's, - jdaniel@jps.net 17:01:47 07/16/16 (7)
- What do I care? - Ivan303 09:26:37 07/17/16 (4)
- Um, no. - rbolaw 05:50:16 07/18/16 (3)
- "The words/lyrics matter" - sure, for some composers - for others, not so much - Chris from Lafayette 11:26:35 07/18/16 (2)
- Lyrics and words mattered enormously to Mozart - rbolaw 15:27:59 07/18/16 (1)
- Yup - sometimes they did [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 18:44:33 07/18/16 (0)
- You named many of my favorite works . . . - risabet 20:03:00 07/16/16 (1)
- RE: You named many of my favorite works . . . - jdaniel@jps.net 20:17:58 07/16/16 (0)