Babbitt & Historicism
Babbitt & Historicism ( work in progress ) In the famous & infamous “Who Cares if You Listen?” article in Stereo Review, Babbitt used the word, “evolve”. His detractors and even some of his admirers pounced …
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Babbitt & Historicism ( work in progress ) In the famous & infamous “Who Cares if You Listen?” article in Stereo Review, Babbitt used the word, “evolve”. His detractors and even some of his admirers pounced …
Francois Campion's Presl From a concert in Brno in 2011 or so
I think of the 3rd structural key as the one the composer elects, while the 2nd structural key (dominant) is "natural", because it is found on every time scale including the smallest--the overtone series. Examples: In Haydn …
The performance took place in Brno in 2010 or so
I do picaresque solo guitar programs all summer long, in the U.S. and Europe. The guitar is a picaresque instrument. Andres Segovia made a comment to Mexican composer Manuel Ponce in a well known letter, praising one of …