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- From: brad@buck.viewlogic.com (Bradford Kellogg)
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- Subject: Re: Berg
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.173348.9371@viewlogic.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:33:48 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.081306.28194@cs.unibo.it>
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- In article <1992Dec22.081306.28194@cs.unibo.it>, presti@cs.unibo.it (Enrico Presti) writes:
- |> Why nobody write something about Berg's opera? Compositions like the
- |> "Violinkonzert", "Streichquartett op.3" and "Lyrische Suite" interested me very
- |> much. Time ago i assisted to a representation of "Wozzeck", and it was a
- |> great experience. Would someone reply me?
- |>
- |> Thanks in advance.
- |> --
- |> Enrico Presti
- |> University of Bologna (ITALY)
- |> Department of Mathematics
-
- I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but if you want some comments on Wozzeck,
- I could at least say it is an incredible piece of music, even without seeing
- it performed on stage, which I haven't. Alot of operas are, to me, highly
- dependent on seeing them. By that I mean the soundtrack alone doesn't hold
- up too well.
-
- However, given the time and the libretto, I can sit down and enjoy (even be
- mesmerized by) a recording of Wozzeck. The nighttime scene in the barracks
- is really astonishing. The effect Berg gets with the chorus doing a sotto
- voce representation of the soldiers sleeping, while Wozzeck lies awake and
- starts a plaintive lament, is transfixing.
-
- Of course, the music is not exactly melodic in the old fashioned sense,
- with Berg following the 12 tone model. But if Schoenberg doesn't frighten
- you, neither should Berg.
-
- - Bradford Kellogg
-