Word: wagnerism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This view of opera as overwhelmingly sensuous enhances Koestenbaum's later exploration of opera's artistic ambiguity, the equilibrium between opera's dramatic and musical appeal. One chapter, entitled "The Unspeakable Marriage of Words and Music," describes not an egalitarian relationship, as Wagner dreamed of, but a constant exchange of submissions. When interviewed, Koestenbaum readily admits his lack of experience with European languages, which limits his perception of the true balance between text and music intended by the composer; however, he still manages to capture something of the incomparable and rich sensation that the sung word brings about...
...Eric Wagner, a fellow at the HillelInternational Center in Washington, said, "Hillelcreated BosniAid because we wanted to revivepeople's interest in Bosnia...
...Though the media seems to have forgotten theviolence in Bosnia, the suffering and killingstill goes on," Wagner added "and we felt that, asa Jewish community, we couldn't stand by andwatch...
Similar activities took place at 133 collegecampuses around the country, including Brown,UMass, Cornell and Stanford, according to Wagner...
...tags alone won't solve the problem--even the Coop's physical layout seems conducive to stealing. Shoppers can roam freely from department to department without having to pay for the goods they carry. This policy was designed "for the convenience of the customer," says Wagner. "You put goods out so customers can touch them, feel them, inspect them...