tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post8784100751671373661..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Unsurpassed HaydnUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-55096180883721971442015-02-26T13:02:00.457+00:002015-02-26T13:02:00.457+00:00So happy to see the comments on the humor in Haydn...So happy to see the comments on the humor in Haydn - I'd never fully appreciated it until playing his music in a community orchestra. Somehow the humor catalyses that composer - performer - audience connection in a very direct, non-conscous, way.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-53998070755359012182015-02-26T01:08:33.672+00:002015-02-26T01:08:33.672+00:00I know what you mean about Haydn. His music is so ...I know what you mean about Haydn. His music is so sane compared to most other composers, and he leavens it with lots of humor. I recently bought the Brilliant Classics set of everything he ever wrote and have been thoroughly enjoying the ramble through it. Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-24236018772533840782015-02-25T22:49:47.151+00:002015-02-25T22:49:47.151+00:00Bob, I bought this box when it appeared and treasu...Bob, I bought this box when it appeared and treasure it still. One of McCabe's great achievements. He is sorely missed.<br /><br />I recall being greatly puzzled by Stephen Kovacevich saying how much he disliked Haydn. His humour, he said, was like "...a person making jokes in Latin". Both have now passed, but at that time I counted among my closest friends an eminent historian of the Roman Empire and one of the foremost experts on Mediaeval Latin. Both were music lovers also, but neither could fathom what Kovacevich meant by this. It puzzles me still.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.com