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21 Apr 2021 Conversations with Tyler Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China
“I will say underrated only because I obsessively listen to Dido’s lament from Dido and Aeneas, and every time I get to the line, “Remember me, but ah, forget my fate,” I burst into tears, which I’m about to do now.”
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- Shadi Bartsch
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- 21 Apr 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Henry Purcell, the English composer — overrated or underrated? I will say underrated only because I obsessively listen to Dido’s lament from Dido and Aeneas, and every time I get to the line, “Remember me, but ah, forget my fate,” I burst into tears, which I’m about to do now. So, yes, that’s a very moving aria for me. I’m not sure of the pronunciation here, but Aconcagua.…
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