February 2011
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opusoddity:
In honor of his birthday…
Schubert...
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“Carter strikes me as rather an exceptional boy…I am sure his reliability,...”
– Charles Ives, in his letter of recommendation for Elliott Carter that helped in get into Harvard in 1926
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Fun Fact
Charles Ives sold insurance to Elliott Carter’s family and encouraged the young Elliot to pursue music.
January 2011
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“When people listen to my music, I hope that they will notice that if you take a...”
– Elliott Carter
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acousmata:
Pierre Boulez: “Commentaire III de...
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“It often has been remarked that only in politics and the “arts” does...”
– Milton Babbitt, in “Who Cares if You Listen.”
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“The preliminary differentiation of musical categories by means of this...”
– Milton Babbitt, in “Who Cares if You Listen.”
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"The Composer as Specialist" ("Who Cares if You... →
by Milton Babbitt, High Fidelity (Feb. 1958)
“The unprecedented divergence between contemporary serious music and its listeners, on the one hand, and traditional music and its following, on the other, is not accidental and- most probably- not transitory. Rather, it is a result of a half-century of revolution in musical thought, a revolution whose nature and consequences can be compared...
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indieandyy:
James Bond Theme arranged by John...
“Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every...”
– Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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“As for the future of electronic music, it seems quite obvious to me that its...”
– Milton Babbitt (1916-2011)
