Music

I find Telemann very mannered, formal. The fact that this is a chamber orchestra lets you hear the different instruments--strings, harpsichord--clearly. It also makes me think of historical films w/ people in fussy costumes dancing in slow motion, very rigid backs, so on.

"Baby Please Don't Go": Muddy Waters is channeling rock and roll and blues at the same time. This music is earthy. You guys have noted that Telemann is elite and "for rich people." This, on the other hand, is music of the masses. It's got a story, it makes you tap your foot or nod your head.

I like the image of Hoffmann "falling all over" the man in the Budapest train station. The man must have thought he was insane. But maybe that's the difference between the blues and classical music, between the raucous and sad music of Muddy Waters and the "rational" music of Telemann.