tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post3897992235638879034..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Not Quite What Was IntendedLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-16737098771369115612014-04-03T04:13:23.235-07:002014-04-03T04:13:23.235-07:00The mangling of the Schubert work's nickname b...The mangling of the Schubert work's nickname bothered me more than the wrong photo did.<br /><br />In Schubert's day, "grosse Sinfonie" was a genre designation. It wasn't the proper name of a work any more than "grand opera" meant the name of the piece was "Grand".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-66672551659349688792014-04-02T13:39:45.781-07:002014-04-02T13:39:45.781-07:00I'm with you, Tod: it's nuts. I also belie...I'm with you, Tod: it's nuts. I also believe "Great C Major" is to distinguish it from the "Little C Major."<br /><br />I did find that Schubert told someone in a letter that he was working on a "grosse sinfonie" (a grand or large symphony), but I'm sure he just meant big or long, not "Great Symphony," as it were. Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-8555258509056740482014-04-02T13:28:40.343-07:002014-04-02T13:28:40.343-07:00On a related subject, does anyone else think it we...On a related subject, does anyone else think it weird to call this piece the "Great Symphony"? For most of my lifetime, and for long before that, it was the "Great C Major" symphony, which distinguished it from Schubert's #6, the "Little C Major". The adjective "Great" referred primarily to its length and secondarily to its majesty. "Great Symphony" a la "New World Symphony" or "Sea Symphony" sounds pretentious and wrong. I think Schubert would be appalled.Tod Brodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243236229508341665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-10169369132145568552014-04-01T12:06:37.131-07:002014-04-01T12:06:37.131-07:00No. They don't.No. They don't.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-31307077066570800802014-04-01T11:43:32.558-07:002014-04-01T11:43:32.558-07:00They all look alike?They all look alike?Michael Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08515767073956451871noreply@blogger.com