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- The browbeaten masses by This Blog Will Change the World on Nov 4, 2009
A terrific post at The Transcontinental on the recent musoc.org dustup, and the overwhelming dominance of a "middlebrow consensus" in the classical music community:To be clear - I am not saying high culture is better than mass culture. What I am sayi...
- Pitch-class set class 3-3 is like a journey by This Blog Will Change the World on Oct 29, 2009
The staff of TBWCTW has lately been provided with much hilarity by Sigmund Spaeth's Great Symphonies: How to Recognize and Remember Them. Published in 1936, Spaeth's book sets lyrics to the principal themes of the most frequently performed symphonies...
- The history of subjectivity by This Blog Will Change the World on Oct 24, 2009
Part V of an occasional series.In a series of posts over the life of this blog, I've attempted to come to grips with the way we write about music history, and why it's usually so awful. One is forced to choose between two versions of Whig historiogra...
- Heavens to Betsy by This Blog Will Change the World on Oct 15, 2009
High on my list of coveted possessions at the moment is the new DVD of Messiaen's Saint Francois d'Assise. I was lucky enough to be able to attend a live performance of this work during a centenary festival dedicated to Messiaen's music; the experien...
- Broken links by This Blog Will Change the World on Jul 27, 2009
Countercritic reports the death of Merce Cunningham, aged 90. Not only a pioneer in twentieth-century dance, Cunningham was arguably one of the great twentieth-century artists in any medium. The New York Times has an informative tribute here.Musician...
- Who said the organ wasn't exciting? by This Blog Will Change the World on Jul 22, 2009
Who, indeed.It's been an inspiring couple of weeks - I was a participant in the McGill Summer Organ Academy, which is now arguably one of the top summer organ festivals in the world. The quality of performance and teaching on offer in the various mas...
- No neon arrows by This Blog Will Change the World on Jul 5, 2009
Along with some co-conspirators, I have been considering the slogan "No Neon Arrows" for a line of merchandise (shirts, coffee mugs, pop-up ads, billboards, undergarments). What we mean by this is that the world is a complicated place, and that anyon...
