tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post1196604066013175753..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-41347328548060026622012-09-04T15:18:10.223-04:002012-09-04T15:18:10.223-04:00You're welcome, Les.
The music of Richard Str...You're welcome, Les.<br /><br />The music of Richard Strauss in these "Four Last Songs" -- actually the final notes he ever set down after a long, illustruous career -- is a perfect evocation of the meaning of the words -- and of the word "autumnal," "elegiac," and "mystical."<br /><br />All four songs -- both music and words -- are not merely descriptive of a seasonal change in the weather, but a symbolic reflection of the deep sadness that came over thoughtful, sensitive people in the immediate post-war years -- the realization that the beauty, grace and dignity of the Old World Civilization in Europe had perished along with millions of other casualties in the storm of war.<br /><br />Take time, and listen to the complete set sung either by Lisa Della Casa or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf --both readily available on YouTube.<br /><br />Contemplative melancholy become exquisitely beautiful in these songs, if you can bring yourself to meet them on their terms, which I admit takes a bit of doing.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-47518035990630603042012-09-04T14:49:16.287-04:002012-09-04T14:49:16.287-04:00Perhaps ot is time I revisit him. Thank you for th...Perhaps ot is time I revisit him. Thank you for this post.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-2941397584890459772012-09-04T14:46:08.355-04:002012-09-04T14:46:08.355-04:00Herman Hesse, one of my favorites in the late 60&#...Herman Hesse, one of my favorites in the late 60's early 70's. It has been years since I have read anything by him.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.com