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Old Oct 12 2008, 9:34 PM
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Originally Posted by QcCowboy View Post
I would assume Wagner, since he spoke German, would have used German in his scores.

I know that Bach used German in his scores, which sort of refutes the idea that Mahler was the first composer to use German in his scores.
... Well, there are a lot of other composers that have used German in their scores before Mahler. So whoever proposed that either has no idea or is blind.

And, aaah, I don't know if he used German but I THINK he did, I haven't seen the actual score in a while so my memory is hazy.
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