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Title: Newly Discovered Letter Suggests (to Some) That Richard Wagner Was Cross-Dresser
Post by: LostInTime on March 01, 2007, 02:59:43 PM
Post by: LostInTime on March 01, 2007, 02:59:43 PM
Link (http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/6093.html)
Today's issue of The Guardian printed an excerpt from Wagner's letter, in which the composer requests "something graceful for evenings at home ... The bodice will have a high collar, with a lace jabot and ribbons; close-fitting sleeves; the dress trimmed with puffed flounces — of the same satin material — no basque at the front (the dress must be very wide and have a train) but a rich bustle with a bow at the back, like the one at the front) ..."
Today's issue of The Guardian printed an excerpt from Wagner's letter, in which the composer requests "something graceful for evenings at home ... The bodice will have a high collar, with a lace jabot and ribbons; close-fitting sleeves; the dress trimmed with puffed flounces — of the same satin material — no basque at the front (the dress must be very wide and have a train) but a rich bustle with a bow at the back, like the one at the front) ..."
Title: Re: Newly Discovered Letter Suggests (to Some) That Richard Wagner Was Cross-Dresser
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 01, 2007, 06:53:53 PM
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 01, 2007, 06:53:53 PM
It would certainly be no surprise to me. I've discovered that a great number of truly talented individuals have something different or odd in their lives. Insanity, homosexuality, drug use, transvestism,.... the list goes on and on. Why is it that intellectuals just can't make it in this life? Why are they so foreign to our society?
Cindi
Cindi
Title: Re: Newly Discovered Letter Suggests (to Some) That Richard Wagner Was Cross-Dre
Post by: LynnER on March 01, 2007, 07:45:45 PM
Post by: LynnER on March 01, 2007, 07:45:45 PM
havnt you ever heard.... Genius borders on insanity?
Muahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
/me would have been mensa if she hadnt been such a morrose slacker
Muahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
/me would have been mensa if she hadnt been such a morrose slacker
Title: Re: Newly Discovered Letter Suggests (to Some) That Richard Wagner Was Cross-Dre
Post by: Brianna on March 01, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
Post by: Brianna on March 01, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
That's absolutely shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!
/me wonders who Richard Wagner was.
Brilla
Wow!
/me wonders who Richard Wagner was.
Brilla
Title: Re: Newly Discovered Letter Suggests (to Some) That Richard Wagner Was Cross-Dresser
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 01, 2007, 08:58:13 PM
Post by: cindianna_jones on March 01, 2007, 08:58:13 PM
Quote from: Brianna on March 01, 2007, 08:04:57 PM
That's absolutely shocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!
/me wonders who Richard Wagner was.
Brilla
Also Sprach Zarathustra is one of his "jingles" that everyone will recognize. Look it up and you will be surprised. He also wrote many operas. His music is more contemporary and shocking... not quite like Stravinsky. He was my kind of composer. His soul is in his music. Deep complex and angry. There is also brilliance there, not only in thought but in the tonal qualities of the music itself.
Cindi
Title: Re: Newly Discovered Letter Suggests (to Some) That Richard Wagner Was Cross-Dre
Post by: kaelin on March 01, 2007, 11:12:38 PM
Post by: kaelin on March 01, 2007, 11:12:38 PM
Quote from: Cindi Jones on March 01, 2007, 06:53:53 PM
It would certainly be no surprise to me. I've discovered that a great number of truly talented individuals have something different or odd in their lives. Insanity, homosexuality, drug use, transvestism,.... the list goes on and on. Why is it that intellectuals just can't make it in this life? Why are they so foreign to our society?
If you are innovative enough to be remarkable in your specialty, you're bound to think outside the box in other capacities.