tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3984456443706399450..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The Ring Without WordsGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-36451201907845667772017-07-01T16:48:05.216-04:002017-07-01T16:48:05.216-04:00Wagner was probably doing automatic writing on thi...Wagner was probably doing automatic writing on this one.<br /><br />Norse theology is very close to old Hebrew Judaism and Sumerian legends. A result of the Tower of Babel splintering human languages.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-21400521487167375472017-06-24T19:47:59.863-04:002017-06-24T19:47:59.863-04:00Interesting that all the trumpets are non-piston v...Interesting that all the trumpets are non-piston valve--and one player has obviously refused to polish his horn. Great music written by an obnoxious jerk.Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-70355649299765396612017-06-24T10:33:52.980-04:002017-06-24T10:33:52.980-04:00Hardly the first person to be so. It's a rema...Hardly the first person to be so. It's a remarkable work. I was watching a fuller version last night -- the sort that includes the words -- in order to explain some of the mythology to a younger relative. <br /><br />One of the things that struck me about this particular version is that there is a real degree of "cultural appropriation" going on with the orchestra, here. I wonder what Wagner would have made of a Jewish-American maestro directing a Japanese orchestra in a performance of the Ring in Tokyo. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-48593528782065230252017-06-24T10:18:52.419-04:002017-06-24T10:18:52.419-04:00You are fascinated by this opera, aren't you?You are fascinated by this opera, aren't you?Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.com