tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post114096223367048978..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: O Silver MoonRick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-1141050334402635572006-02-27T04:25:00.000-10:002006-02-27T04:25:00.000-10:00Thank you, Guessedworker.I like most of the late R...Thank <I>you</I>, Guessedworker.<BR/><BR/>I like most of the late Romantic composers, but of all of them, Dvořák goes most directly to the heart.Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-1140993703303681402006-02-26T12:41:00.000-10:002006-02-26T12:41:00.000-10:00Hi Rick,Rusalka I have never had the opportunity t...Hi Rick,<BR/><BR/>Rusalka I have never had the opportunity to listen to. The Dvořák in my library is mostly piano pieces, of which I particularly admire the Quintet No.2 in E flat. The Piano Concerto in G Minor is always enjoyable, too.<BR/><BR/>Dvořák falls in to that category of late 19th/early 20th century composers who found a musical form for the love of nation. They include the likes of Smetana, Sibelius, Paderewsky and Vaughan Williams among many others (and <I>exclude</I> Ravel and all points left).<BR/><BR/>Their music is still important, for through it reverence for the soil can still be acknowledged even if, in this noisily Marxian age, it can scarcely be expressed in other ways.<BR/><BR/>It need hardly be said that there is no great music by which to celebrate diversity.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a nice post.Guessedworkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09642216100948501067noreply@blogger.com