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Excellent review - well done!

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Thank you, Robert!

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Sorry for posting irrelevant msg here (I dont know how to send dm on substack)

Have you learned Latin? I am trying to teach myself Latin but I dont know which books to choose...

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Yes! In fact, I teach Latin.

Send me an email at williampoulos@substack.com

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great read! Schoenberg's music was revolutionary, in a way mirroring the movements and upheavals of this time period. personally I prefer creating a sense of rhythm and harmony, which is why Erik Satie's works (and pre-1950s jazz) are about as modern as I get. Notwithstanding their own musings, artists too are influenced by the time and place they live in.

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Thank you! Yes, you’re right - though sometimes artists can capture the upheavals before they’re apparent. Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Debussy, Matisse, and T.S. Eliot were all making fairly distinct works even before the First World War.

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