Re: Trsitan: The First Hundred Years (Zuckerman)

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> "Mike Scott Rohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> Many thanks, Mike.

> Living in the boonies, sans regular transportation, as I do, has its
> rewards,
> but it's frustrating as hell when a business like this comes up.

> I don't think I'm conflating the _Lohengrin_ episode with _Tristan_ as I
> remember being especially struck that Verdi had the latter score so
> soon (within
> a couple or so years) after its publication.  But, as you say, such
> tricks of
> memory are not that uncommon, and happen to us all.

> Your time and trouble on my behalf in this matter is much appreciated.

My pleasure. And I sympathize, because actually I live in the
countryside myself, and also without public transport since our beloved
council, without any warning, abolished the entire bus service for four
or five villages this summer, ours included! I'd buy a horse if there
were anywhere to hitch it in town...

As you say, it does sound as if your rembrance is correct. He would
naturally know about the scores because his early publisher and
Ricordi's rival Lucca also published Wagner in Italy, and
Wagner-interested friends like Muzio, and later Boito, kept him in
touch.

Cheers,

Mike

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