Sanskrit or English? Oddly, It Doesn't Much Matter-A Postscript to My Satyagraha Post

Updated on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 02:05 by John Gibbons

The Met’s study guide for Satyagraha asked the reader to consider Glass’s decision to set the original Sanskrit, rather than an English translation. I think it is a sound decision, despite the fact that it would appear to be motivated by essentially the same factors which prompted Stravinsky to set Oedipus Rex in Latin. Latin, not Greek!

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