atddta 32:summary part 4 of 4-prelude to the Burgher King

[rich]

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:41 PM, grladams at teleport.com
<grladams at teleport.com> wrote:
> Speaking of the Burgher King, I'm going to work at the Central library
> today, and I'm going to get inside Grove and opera sets and see if there
> are any real connections to real productions, (what's this little thread
> about the Barber of Seville?) but alas so far I've just translated the
> little song about window shopping (there's shop again!). I'm thinking about
> economic recessions at the time, and maybe people just weren't buying. The
> word Burgher is interpreted best in economics for me, at least. The
> Burghers own the means of production. And at the time or just before this
> time, there (I'm pretty sure) being panics and runs on banks... Someone
> might know more about it and feel free to chime in when I get there. Butt,
> oops-I-mean-but it's not until page 912 so just relax and assume the
> position while I keep assalting yer hippy asses for a few more pages first.
> I have been several cities including Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Nurnberg
> & I have seen local theatre and opera productions. WHOOOeeee! Pynchon must
> have seen some of the zany and often really bad shows too. Like a Joan of
> Arc opera setting in outer space, Mozart operas done with puppets, that
> sort of thing. So anyway.
> Jill
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I thought Burghers were more like mayors not captains of industry?
p.s. i've seen opera in prague at the statsni--wonderful ambiance
Rich