tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458003287773357753.post4897917358254372003..comments2008-03-13T21:25:54.836-07:00Comments on Vienna 1900: Music, Clarisse and WalterElisabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08652477755753135380noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6458003287773357753.post-87584443777995482292008-02-12T15:11:00.000-08:002008-02-12T15:11:00.000-08:00Do you think the Wagner/Beethoven duality is an at...Do you think the Wagner/Beethoven duality is an attempt to characterize marriage in general, or just this marriage of two "geniuses" (Musil states Clarisse is becoming more of a genius than Walter, and her technical ability at the piano is trumping his)? <BR/><BR/>I don't find Clarisse's dislike of Wagner to be snobbish; it seems like she is opposed to Walter playing Wagner because it is not philosophically compatible with her Nietzschean views of genius (though that sounds incredibly snobby as I write it).Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112424165249241547noreply@blogger.com