As you know , the hardest person to understand is yourself .
I like the Mahler lieder but his symphonies (except 1st) seem like a waste
of time to me , often like a dog chasing its tail .
I realize I most be wrong , so many others can’t be.
I recently listened to his 5th trying my best to like it . Even with one of
favorite bands , Orchestre symphonique de Montreal .
What seems to be beautiful to others seems nothing to me .
I’m of the straight -ahead Brahms is A + Mahler C- club,
even if I’m only one in it .
I suspect it is largely because I was a soldier for many years and
of my own doing was an Infantryman , aka aggressive
I like the Mahler lieder but his symphonies (except 1st) seem like a waste
of time to me , often like a dog chasing its tail .
I realize I most be wrong , so many others can’t be.
I recently listened to his 5th trying my best to like it . Even with one of
favorite bands , Orchestre symphonique de Montreal .
What seems to be beautiful to others seems nothing to me .
I’m of the straight -ahead Brahms is A + Mahler C- club,
even if I’m only one in it .
I suspect it is largely because I was a soldier for many years and
of my own doing was an Infantryman , aka aggressive