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Entartete Musik
http://entartetemusik.blogspot.com
Entartete Musik is a blog written by Gavin Plumley, focussing on the music, atmosphere and culture of Central Europe.
Recent Posts
Festive treat isn\'t festive enough
Genuinely funny operas can be counted on the fingers of one hand. I can think only of a night tittering with Martin Duncan's The Gondoliers at the ENO, the Pelly La fille du regiment, any production of The Cunning Little Vixen (the chickens are the w...
Elisabeth Södeström (1927-2009) R.I.P.
The great Swedish soprano who became synonymous with the portrayal of Janáček's heroines died yesterday. Click here to read the obituary in The Guardian....
A new arrival
A piano, in my mind, makes a house a home. I moved out of my parents' house in 2003 and until 2005 was lucky enough to have an instrument in the house in which I was tenant. Since then, however, I have been without daily contact and I have been pinin...
181 years ago today...
Da steht auch ein Mensch und starrt in die Höhe,Und ringt die Hände, vor Schmerzensgewalt;Mir graust es, wenn ich sein Antlitz sehe -Der Mond zeigt mir meine eig'ne Gestalt.[A man stands there also and looks to the sky,And wrings his hands overwhel...
Tying the White Ribbon
I don't know if the story that I want to tell you, reflects the truth in every detail. Much of it I only know by hearsay, and a lot of it remains obscure to me even today, and I must leave it in darkness. Many of these questions remain without answer...
A winter stagger
The subject of Winter is a wonderfully attractive one. From the frozen images of Breugel, to the chattering of teeth in the Vivaldi seasonal concerto and "shivering through that grim journey again" in Winterreise, it has lured people out of...
