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Patricia Wallinga? But she died 15 years ago this very night!
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Bluesky's favorite opera composer [citation needed]. Not tonal, not atonal, but a secret third thing. Posts about music, D&D, and loads of other nonsense | she/her | midwesterner in 🌉
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It's a trap to think she's simple enough for beginners (and ESPECIALLY for composers who aren't passionate about poetry) just because she's often rhythmically consistent. She's often HARD to interpret. I've heard too many manglings that flatten or outright mischaracterize her and her works.

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If I'm being completely honest, it's wildly rare for men to set her correctly. There are a tiny handful of good examples (Hundley's "Will There Really Be A Morning" comes to mind), but the vast majority either flatten her into Dainty Cute Flowers Girl or Melodramatic Sad Woman. Neither is any good.

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Patricia Wallinga? But she died 15 years ago this very night!
@pwallinga.bsky.social
Bluesky's favorite opera composer [citation needed]. Not tonal, not atonal, but a secret third thing. Posts about music, D&D, and loads of other nonsense | she/her | midwesterner in 🌉
892 followers498 following3.5k posts