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Sorry, but what you guys are saying is 180 degrees opposed to each other

When MWE says that "It's all about the textual content... don't even bother if you don't pay careful attention to that. The history here is vital", and you say, "It stands on its own. . . no need for historical perspective", I say both of those statements can't be true about the same piece at the same time.

Sorry, I don't want to bother with music which merely supports a text, or which needs a history lesson in order to make sense. As I said, music either stands or falls on its own. In any case, music is the higher art and it soars to the heavens. The denotative aspect of words (in literature and history) shouldn't drag it back down to earth.

And, BTW, I speak as one who is totally moved by the music of the inventor of the symphonic poem, Franz Liszt. But in Liszt's music, the poetry is merely the stimulus for the music - it does not determine the boundaries of the music.

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