Comments on: The One That Started It All http://theomniscientmussel.com/2007/09/the-one-that-started-it-all/ Classical Music & Culture Thu, 10 May 2012 22:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Omniscient Mussel on Classical Music & Culture » On The Other Hand http://theomniscientmussel.com/2007/09/the-one-that-started-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-276 The Omniscient Mussel on Classical Music & Culture » On The Other Hand Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:51:14 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=84#comment-276 [...] Friday, Miss Mussel wrote on the relationship between humour and criticism, taking great care to disparage academic hubris, or, to use the vernacular “having [...] [...] Friday, Miss Mussel wrote on the relationship between humour and criticism, taking great care to disparage academic hubris, or, to use the vernacular “having [...]

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e5b60629ca5b10da52c5d1a42a86ef8a&&;size=65&default=http://theomniscientmussel.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/77222c3d2f9b6b3.png" alt="Pete Tindall MonsterID Icon" height="65" width="65"/> Pete Tindall http://theomniscientmussel.com/2007/09/the-one-that-started-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Pete Tindall MonsterID Icon Pete Tindall Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:19:49 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=84#comment-86 Miss Mussel is right! Compare George Bernard Shaw in his alter ego as music critic (the nom de plume escapes me but you can read him in "GBS on Music") with most modern criticism and see what a difference a little wit makes. One can even forgive his hagiography of Richard Wagner, a composer whose works are best enjoyed on Bugs Bunny cartoons. Miss Mussel is right! Compare George Bernard Shaw in his alter ego as music critic (the nom de plume escapes me but you can read him in “GBS on Music”) with most modern criticism and see what a difference a little wit makes. One can even forgive his hagiography of Richard Wagner, a composer whose works are best enjoyed on Bugs Bunny cartoons.

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=1d5b3b8e71d13af0e9aa9a752cced411&&;size=65&default=http://theomniscientmussel.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/bcc8cd63408c384.png" alt="Miss Mussel MonsterID Icon" height="65" width="65"/> Miss Mussel http://theomniscientmussel.com/2007/09/the-one-that-started-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Miss Mussel MonsterID Icon Miss Mussel Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:08:00 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=84#comment-29 Highly amusing. In a sense it almost doesn't matter if it's true or not. Miss Mussel can just imagine what your teacher had to say about it. Highly amusing. In a sense it almost doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. Miss Mussel can just imagine what your teacher had to say about it.

]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=e4c70be65536e549237187935ba00a0f&&;size=65&default=http://theomniscientmussel.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/aca9b036daadc79.png" alt="Matthew MonsterID Icon" height="65" width="65"/> Matthew http://theomniscientmussel.com/2007/09/the-one-that-started-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Matthew MonsterID Icon Matthew Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:25:38 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=84#comment-28 I think I have the same edition of the Beethoven. From the notes for op. 26: "The custom of taking the variations in different tempi is bad.... A player who cannot find one tempo that suits the theme and all its five variations is like a princess who has not been trained to walk with royal self-possession over a wide space in front of her." My very Russian piano teacher, incidentally, thought this was nonsense. But even he laughed. I think I have the same edition of the Beethoven. From the notes for op. 26:

“The custom of taking the variations in different tempi is bad…. A player who cannot find one tempo that suits the theme and all its five variations is like a princess who has not been trained to walk with royal self-possession over a wide space in front of her.”

My very Russian piano teacher, incidentally, thought this was nonsense. But even he laughed.

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