tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post4613320712652367075..comments2024-03-29T04:15:17.481-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Happy 53rd Birthday, RossiniCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-54254028517845253222012-03-01T19:17:52.803-05:002012-03-01T19:17:52.803-05:00PS - totally unrelated, but check out Thielemann&#...PS - totally unrelated, but check out Thielemann's new Lehar Gala CD (and DVD)-- truly beautiful music. I can't stop playing it.<br /><br />EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-49026337613808866962012-03-01T19:16:34.046-05:002012-03-01T19:16:34.046-05:00a memorable debate between two characters in Thoma...a memorable debate between two characters in Thomas Pynchon's masterful Gravity's Rainbow:<br /><br />“Gustav is a composer. For months he has been carrying on a raging debate with Säure over who is better, Beethoven or Rossini. Säure is for Rossini. “I’m not so much for Beethoven qua Beethoven,” Gustav argues, “but as he represents the German dialectic, the incorporation of more and moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-57732944735835518172012-02-29T10:39:37.941-05:002012-02-29T10:39:37.941-05:00Michael Cavna has some thoughts on frogs and Rossi...Michael Cavna has some thoughts on frogs and Rossini, for the Post --<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/gioachino-rossini-leap-day-google-doodle-a-high-note-musical-frog-logo-marks-leap-year-calendar-and-italian-composers-birth/2012/02/28/gIQA61PNhR_blog.htmlCharles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.com