GRGR(6) Discussion Opener

Craig Clark CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA
Thu Dec 5 09:03:31 CST 1996


Heikki wrote:

> Still, of all my Southern language relatives, I've always connected
> those "extraordinarily fluid and graceful hand gestures" to Franz Liszt,
> who, after all, may still be Rosie's "most famous compatriot". (Although 
> Ken Russell's LISZTOMANIA came out only later in the 70s, am I right?)

About 1975 or so, if memory serves me (and it probably doesn't). 
Nonetheless I think we should be honest and say that the number of 
people who have NOT heard of Dracula is much smaller than the number 
of people who have not heard of Franz Liszt. Regrettable (IMHO), but 
true.

Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"



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