Talk:Daphnis et Chloé

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In spite of the ballet's duration, four discernable leitmotifs give musical unity to the score.

• What does the first part have to do with the second? And isn't it "discernible"? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:51, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure the sentence is so odd - it's saying (in the context of the previous sentence) that though the ballet lasts almost an hour it has a sense of unity (rather than sounding sprawling) because of four recognisable leitmotifs. The spelling "discernible" is more commonly used, but discernable is also correct; I've no objection if anyone wants to replace this with the more usual spelling. Alfietucker (talk) 12:41, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK, the whole context is:

• At almost an hour long, Daphnis et Chloé is Ravel's longest work. In spite of the ballet's duration, four discernable leitmotifs give musical unity to the score.

I still think it's an odd juxtaposition. Where does it say that a work that's an hour long should be assumed to be sprawling and formless unless the contrary is indicated? For that matter, where does it say that a short work can't lack unity? The whole construction seems to be based on a false premise. Also, "in spite of" ought to be "despite", but I'd prefer the spurious connection be dropped altogether. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 13:16, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Classical music rarely presents such an aurally vivid sense of sexual arousal and climax

If this is a quote from the source cited, that needs to be made explicit (something like 'joe johnson of abc.net.au says "Classical music rarely...'). If it's an opinion of the author of this wiki article, it should be removed. Also its placement seems odd. Was it stated in a review of the piece or in a review of the ice skater's performance? Egoody3 (talk) 00:15, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In Part I synopsis: "A little flow shines suddenly from the head of one of the statues." A little flow? which is? Lawrence18uk (talk) 19:04, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]