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- From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
- Subject: Re: Symphony Nos. 7 & 12 (was:Re: 10th symphony)
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- References: <13827@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> <1992Nov12.215745.16278@bnlux1.bnl.gov> <1ekrp4INNenn@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:14:17 GMT
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- In article <1ekrp4INNenn@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU> s892024@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Richard A. Muirden [GA]) writes:
- >schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:
- >
- >>The 12th, on the other hand, is mostly symphonic action throughout
- >>(except for the slow 2nd movement). The 1st movement is extremely
- >>rousing. It's be hard not to get stirred up by all that trumpet blaring
- >>and militaristic drum tapping. Almost makes one wannna be a member of
- >>the Proleteriate!
- >
- >Yes, I want to raise my red banner to Lenin whenever I hear that it's
- >wonderful stuff that first movement... in fact I think I'll put it
- >on now :) :) :) now where did my May Day poster go? :)
-
- In the reissued version of Eisenstein's _October_ excerpts from the 12th
- Symphony are used quite effectively. The first movement appears early
- and accompanies the tearing down of a statue of Czar Alexander III. The
- fourth movement underlines the storming of the Winter Palace near the end
- of the movie.
-
- Eisenstein should have hired Shostakovich to score the film back in 1927.
- (Why not Prokofiev? He was still living outside the U.S.S.R.)
-
- -- Herb Huston
- -- huston@access.digex.com
-