Well that's a brilliant piece which is typical of Katy's fertile creativity. I did want to argue with her a lot. I used to perform Arnold Schoeberg's setting of Stefan George's ,,das buch der hängenden gärten" and was deep into all that stuff. I can't really relate Schoenberg so much to Dowson although Katy will have read much more of him than I have. Stefan George was certainly imagistic.
It's nice to read music and poetry spoken of together without apology.
Katy, did you get carried away by Schoenberg as we all do when we tangle with him? He had almost more space that Dowson.
I see that Kandinsky was mentioned because I was wondering what had happened to the Russians who did some of those things before Picasso.
But what a heady and stimulating essay it is.
Katy, if you're reading this, I was vastly entertained and it made me think of so many things that I have valued. Thank you!
And thank you Jennifer for drawing our attention to the article.
I see that a great many Eratosphereans are published in this issue. I haven't had a chance to read them yet but well done all.
Janet
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