Tag Archives: Johannes Brahms
Brahms’s Requiem: “All Flesh is as Grass”
As I age I think more about death, especially as I see relatives and friends dropping away. I am blessed with good health and with genes that indicate continuing longevity, so I am not morbid about myself in these ruminations. … Continue reading
Posted in Church & Religion, History, Music & Musicians
Tagged death, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Family, Johannes Brahms
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In Praise of German Culture
My father was a Germanophile even though we haven’t any family history rooted in the Germanic peoples, except for a Dutch ancestor who emigrated to Nieuw Amsterdam in the 17th Century. Dad belonged to the German Club at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Literature, Music & Musicians, Philosophy & Psychology
Tagged Arnold Schoenberg, Arthur Schopenhauer, Austria, Beethoven, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Schiller, Heinrich Heine, Hermann Hesse, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Johannes Brahms, Magister Ludi, Martin Heidegger, Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann
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