Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 14:22:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Babette Babich <BABICH-AT-MARY.FORDHAM.EDU>
Subject: Re: Music, Nietzsche, Rhythm


Thanks for sharing your advice on how to like Wagner without
really trying

Why bother?

Wagner was in fact little more than heavy metal for his own era.

It is our fascination with tradition (AKA wealth, culture, and\]
snobdom) which keep us in awe of Opera.  I work in close proximity
g'rad neban
to Lincoln Center and I watch society walking by almost every evening
These are the folks who love Wagner, or the opportunity as
N. put it,
to be narcotized for several hours while sitting in seats that
tell the world (their friends/enemies) who they are (what
they are worth) wearing clothes that do the same, and engaging
in chat during intermissions to drive those latter points home
to anyone who failed to get it on the first pass.

It's not a living language.  What can I say?  It is an elite
one however.
Snob is as snob does.


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