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Thursday, August 5, 2010
The New Wagnerian
With characteristic decisiveness, Ian Dallas opens his next work, 'The New Wagnerian':
He writes: "Do not be put off by Wagner's bitterly sarcastic critics, or perhaps, yes, do be put off. If you view life as they do, and envy vastness of spirit and profundity of meditative reflection on existence and nature, and surrender to the erotic drive, yes, do turn away. Wagner is not for you."
Once again the book has several layers. Firstly it is an appreciation of the man and his music. It is also the portrait of a visionary ahead of his time, and the social questions which he tackled. And it is a signpost to something beyond Wagner himself. Dallas quotes the great composer thus:
"'Revolution alone can give me the artists and audiences I need.'" Dallas continues: "He said he would convey in his works the meaning of their revolution in its noblest form. Then, he insisted, there would be an audience which could understand him, for his contemporaries could not."
There are far too many different aspects to The New Wagnerian to cover here, but in analysing 'The Ring' he discusses how Wagner depicts the different archetypes of Coupledom, a subject which I shall come to in more detail.
from Ian Dallas - Collected Works - An Appreciation : The New Wagnerian, The Book of Strangers, The Gestalt of Freedom (By a British convert to Islam)
By Sidi Abdassabur Kirke
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657325/posts - 31k - Similar pages
He writes: "Do not be put off by Wagner's bitterly sarcastic critics, or perhaps, yes, do be put off. If you view life as they do, and envy vastness of spirit and profundity of meditative reflection on existence and nature, and surrender to the erotic drive, yes, do turn away. Wagner is not for you."
Once again the book has several layers. Firstly it is an appreciation of the man and his music. It is also the portrait of a visionary ahead of his time, and the social questions which he tackled. And it is a signpost to something beyond Wagner himself. Dallas quotes the great composer thus:
"'Revolution alone can give me the artists and audiences I need.'" Dallas continues: "He said he would convey in his works the meaning of their revolution in its noblest form. Then, he insisted, there would be an audience which could understand him, for his contemporaries could not."
There are far too many different aspects to The New Wagnerian to cover here, but in analysing 'The Ring' he discusses how Wagner depicts the different archetypes of Coupledom, a subject which I shall come to in more detail.
from Ian Dallas - Collected Works - An Appreciation : The New Wagnerian, The Book of Strangers, The Gestalt of Freedom (By a British convert to Islam)
By Sidi Abdassabur Kirke
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657325/posts - 31k - Similar pages
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
LOWER MANHATTAN
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
LOWER MANHATTAN — The proposed mosque near Ground Zero is about to get some competition.
Bill Keller, a televangelist from Florida, announced Monday that he is building a $1 million Christian center in lower Manhattan in response to the Cordoba Initiative’s plans for a 13-story mosque and community center there.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20100713/manhattan/christian-evangelical-center-plans-compete-with-ground-zero-mosque##ixzz0vaHCk2UQ
LOWER MANHATTAN — The proposed mosque near Ground Zero is about to get some competition.
Bill Keller, a televangelist from Florida, announced Monday that he is building a $1 million Christian center in lower Manhattan in response to the Cordoba Initiative’s plans for a 13-story mosque and community center there.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20100713/manhattan/christian-evangelical-center-plans-compete-with-ground-zero-mosque##ixzz0vaHCk2UQ
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