[Leica] RE: was Multiple Bodies, now cropping-phooey!

[bladman99 at yahoo.ca (Dan C)]

I guess they were the gangsta rappers of the 19th century!

-dan c.

At 10:04 PM 06-03-05 -0800, you wrote:
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>All this reminds me of the so-called "Brahms vs. Wagner" conflict in the 
>late 19th century.  Wagner came to represent, in the minds of his followers 
>full-blown Romanticism, the breaking of all musical taboos, "the music of 
>the future."  Brahms was said to represent an extension of old craft and 
>order, structure, classicism.  The Bramsians thought the Wagnerians were 
>hyperemotional lunatics.  The Wagnerians thought the Brahmsians were rigid 
>stuffed shirts.  The advocates of each would attend the others' concerts 
>just to boo and cause a scandal.  People actually came to blows at concerts.
>
>When asked what he thought of Wagner's music, Brahms said something like 
>"Of course, his followers are ridiculous, but the man himself has something 
>to say."
>
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