Where is everyone?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Well, no, not in my case. I might have recognised some bit of the piece, thought 'Is that Mozart?', & then, if I heard the phrase/melody in another piece might have thought I was hearing the same piece, & then got confused if it didn't carry on as I expected.

But Flossie - do you get confused when you hear the same leitmotifs reappearing in the different Music Dramas of The Ring?

[Flosshilde]

No, because the different operas are sufficiently distinct & the motifs are sufficiently changed (and sufficiently different). But hearing similar, or the same, phrases in several Mozart symphonies I wouldn't be familiar enough with them (the symphonies), nor are the symphonies sufficiently distinct from each other (to me).

When I hear something from a Mahler symphony I can tell that it's Mahler, but I'm usually hard pressed to tell which symphony it's from - & I really like the music and listen to it a lot (but obviously not with enough attention).

[Flosshilde]

But Flossie - do you get confused when you hear the same leitmotifs reappearing in the different Music Dramas of The Ring?

Actually - I think that I do, sometimes

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Actually - I think that I do, sometimes

[french frank]

At any rate, the answer to, Where is everbody? is probably, Here: 94 posts since yesterday,

[EdgeleyRob]

I'm here !

[Alison]

Surely a turning point in the history of the board.

[pastoralguy]

[Alison]

Could some of the more interesting posters start threads as well as contribute to them? Thanks.

[Serial_Apologist]

Could some of the more interesting posters start threads as well as contribute to them? Thanks.

You'll only appeal to their vanity...

[Flosshilde]

Could some of the more interesting posters start threads as well as contribute to them? Thanks.

I did start one on the EIF Queen's Hall concerts - I hope that people will add to it after each concert.

(not that I want to appear vain)

[cloughie]

Could some of the more interesting posters start threads as well as contribute to them? Thanks.

That begs the questions of who is interesting?, who thinks they are (themselves)? and who thinks they are (other boarders)? And now I would feel very presumptious if I started a thread and if I did would it be interesting?

[Petrushka]

But Flossie - do you get confused when you hear the same leitmotifs reappearing in the different Music Dramas of The Ring?

What is so staggering about the leitmotifs in Wagner's Ring is that they are all derived from the very opening. All 14 hours of it! I find it absolutely fascinating how Wagner does this and, moreover, propels forward the psychology of the drama by the use of various versions of the leitmotifs.

I enjoy both the emotional and technical aspects of music (as exemplified by the above) and feel a frisson of excitement when I spot something hitherto never noticed. For instance, I've known Bruckner 5 since about 1975 but it is only quite recently that I've been aware that the main melody of the scherzo is, note for note, identical to the main melody of the preceding slow movement only, of course, speeded up.

[AmpH]

Time to go to bedfordshire .......

[cloughie]

What is so staggering about the leitmotifs in Wagner's Ring is that they are all derived from the very opening. All 14 hours of it! I find it absolutely fascinating how Wagner does this and, moreover, propels forward the psychology of the drama by the use of various versions of the leitmotifs.

I enjoy both the emotional and technical aspects of music (as exemplified by the above) and feel a frisson of excitement when I spot something hitherto never noticed. For instance, I've known Bruckner 5 since about 1975 but it is only quite recently that I've been aware that the main melody of the scherzo is, note for note, identical to the main melody of the preceding slow movement only, of course, speeded up.

Does that make Bruckner a clever or lazy?