tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6837931052171669014..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Shaw creates The Perfect Wagnerite - animated beer casks, the craze for golden hair, and the curse of the foreign music teachersAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75847820229489605882015-11-24T14:44:32.801-06:002015-11-24T14:44:32.801-06:00I have been enjoying Shaw's criticism quite a ...I have been enjoying Shaw's criticism quite a lot. The little Ibsen book was almost as much fun and more informative than the Wagner book.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29742223502808298662015-11-24T12:51:50.629-06:002015-11-24T12:51:50.629-06:00Your posting reminds me of two things: (1) Shaw be...Your posting reminds me of two things: (1) Shaw began his career as a theater and music critic (while living with his mother, which is fodder for a different line of inquiry especially when one begins to examine the trajectory of Shaw's later relationships with women), and (2) some later critics have suggested that Shaw was a better critic than he was playwright (which I think is a valid argument). In any case, I enjoyed reading your posting. Onward!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-7082622607190192662015-11-24T08:31:34.617-06:002015-11-24T08:31:34.617-06:00It's such a great vocal tradition - such a gre...It's such a great vocal tradition - such a great amateur tradition. <br /><br />I was at first a little bit shocked that Shaw thought he could drag Wagner into English music, but I realized I had been corrupted by the great Wagnerian singers. You do not have to sound like Kirsten Flagstad to sing some of this stuff, unless for some reason you need to sing it as loudly as she could.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-64714788301023218892015-11-23T22:46:16.777-06:002015-11-23T22:46:16.777-06:00" Our salvation must come from the class that..." Our salvation must come from the class that is too poor to have lessons."<br /><br />At about the same time the composer Hubert Parry advised Ralph Vaughan Williams to "Write choral music, as befits an Englishman and a democrat".Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com