Volume 2, Issue 1a The online magazine for the GeoCities Vienna neighborhood July/August 1999

Wagner and Mozart get the star treatment Two more great sites grace this month's edition of "Visiting Vienna." You'll note that this seems to be an extra column. You're right. I'm changing the frequency to once a month to give our readers more visit for their views. The first site featured here was offered to me by another Vienna community leader who was researching this month's article on Star Wars and the Rings of the Nibelung. The site not only is linked in that piece, but also received the Vienna Award and made it into here. The second site I chose to write about I found while visiting the Vienna forums, where the site author had offered her URL to attract visitors. And well she should have, as her page is full of interesting bits about Mozart, all packaged very neatly, with links to purchase CDs of performances of music by the beloved composer. The Ring Cycle - Vienna/Strasse/8947 This is the site that is noted in this month's feature about Star Wars and Wagner. Just to make doubly sure you take a look at it, I couldn't resist featuring it here, as well. Site builder Ken has done a magnificent job of producing a dark graphic interface befitting this huge piece of music. Every segment is explained, and Ken seems to leave no stone unturned in his discussion. How does a person become motivated to build such a site? This Edmonton, Canada, native got his desire after viewing a video about the Ring Cycle with stage designs and costumes designed by Harry Kupfer. "It was a cyber-punk and post-apocalyptic interpretation of the cycle which fascinated me," Ken said, "as I am also a science fiction and industrial music fan. ..." Ken plans on getting more sound samples for the site, more scholastic material, such as essays, reviews of past productions, and most importantly, he says, an English translation of the Ring. (Any German-to-English linguists want to volunteer for the cause?) Something About Mozart - Vienna/Studio/7181 This is another well-designed site by St. Louis, Missouri, native Tiffany. Her great love is Mozart, something which transpired after viewing the movie Amadeus. But that wasn't the only reason she came up with this great web site. "After I saw Amadeus, I wanted to learn more about Mozart and his music," Tiffany related. "I fell in love with his music and I wanted to let the world know how great he is. The other reason that I created my web site was because I had nothing to do this summer and I was getting tired of sitting around my house all day. This is the third page that I've made and I've put a lot more work into it than my previous ones." That work is evident in the clean design of the site, with easy-to-follow links and short, concise text, especially her reviews of CDs. Featured along with those, surfers will usually find Amazon.com links to the CDs mentioned, a good touch. And for those of you who don't have a lot of pictures to put on your site, Tiffany's is an excellent example of ways to get around that. The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer will soon be over, unfortunately, and with it will come less time for web site updates and more time that must be spent on college studies. But Tiffany believes she'll be able to continue keeping the page updated, just not so often. "I want to keep it up because it gives me a chance to meet other Mozart fanatics like myself," she said. Sites featured in "Visiting Vienna" get to sport the lively graphic at the right, denoting that they have indeed been featured in Vienna Online's "Visiting Vienna" column. Winners also get a link on the author's list of visitations at Great Sites/Visiting Vienna. But you'll not be written about if somebody doesn't bring you to our attention. If your site is good enough for mention, or if you know of one that is, write to Robert at cl_kaulana@oocities.com and let him know about it.

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