[BC] Classical Radio (was Digital Interference)

[Robert Orban]

At 03:34 PM 12/30/2005, you wrote:
>From: "Steve" <shnewman at alaweb.com>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Classical Radio (was Digital Interference)
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>Hi Rich:
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
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>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [BC] Classical Radio (was Digital Interference)
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> > There's lots of violence in the history of both genres, so it might not be
> > such a stretch. I still think Classical makes Hip Hop violence look tame.
>
>You're not dragging up that Antonio Salieri rumor again, are you? LOL!
>There are many who have critcized the motion picture "Amadeus" but I think
>it was very clever when they used the poisoning of the mind as the reason
>for his death as opposed to the literal poisoning of his body. (the most
>circulated rumor) I believe they've found recently that he died of uremic
>poisoning. Actually, I believe at some point Mozart had Salieri teach his
>kids and they exchanged ideas. Whole new twist there!


Dimitri Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Minsk," Alban Berg's "Wozzeck," and 
Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes" come to mind as having particularly lurid 
and violent plots. Freud was a gold mine for 20th century composers!

bob Orban