Mary Kunz Goldman was for over 10 years the classical music critic for The Buffalo News, the daily paper of Buffalo, N.Y. She is also the authorized biographer of the great American pianist Leonard Pennario.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Gustav Mahler tells all!
Yesterday I took my mom to a doctor appointment and lying on a table in the waiting room was this magazine!
I looked at the headline and all I could think of was: This must be some artist or actor talking about why he left the city of Vienna. I wondered why he would leave Vienna. I wondered what had happened to him there. I was reaching for the magazine, interested, when I saw the smaller headlines, and realized my mistake.
Oh, of course, Vienna was a woman. It was not the city.
Someone named a kid Vienna.
Then I felt stupid, thinking, what did I expect? Gustav Mahler discussing discrimination he felt he suffered at the Vienna State Opera? What?
Moments like this remind me of what a nerd I am.
C'mon! "People" magazine? The legit article would have been "Why I Left Gustav" by Alma!
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha! Right you are, Prof!
ReplyDeleteAnd a sub headline would read "Kicky pics of trophy wife with new Aryan boy toy."
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