Kris Maglione dixit (2010-06-17, 15:39):
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 08:28:54PM +0200, Antoni Grzymala wrote:
> >Kris Maglione dixit (2010-06-17, 05:57):
> >
> >>On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:56:21PM +0300, Dmitry Maluka wrote:
> >>>On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 05:27:39AM -0400, Kris Maglione wrote:
> >>>>English really isn't much more than bastardized Germanic with quite a
> >>>>lot of words stolen from Norman French, anyway. A bit like C++ to C,
> >>>>really.
> >>>
> >>>German is overcomplicated too, try Swedish.
> >>
> >>Are there any good Swedish composers?
> >
> >Probably not, but neither is Wagner (let's revive the Brahms vs. Wagner
> >flamewar!).
>
> All I can say to that is that anyone trying to take away my copy of
> Wesendonck-Lieder or Ein deutsches Requiem would very likely suffer
> loss of limb.
I can swap any number of Wesendock Lieder for a single copy of Ein
Deutsches Requiem (preferably with Walter) or Alto Rhapsody for that
matter – but that discussion should go off the list, should it progress
any further.
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