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Post by Unaroused on Jan 16, 2006 20:55:41 GMT 10
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Post by isaacs on Jan 17, 2006 8:51:22 GMT 10
That article was interesting on more than one count.
It appeared in the Saturday "Spectrum" liftout of the Sydney Morning Herald, a very coveted location for arts features. Even more coveted is that the front cover of the liftout had a very prominent pointer to the article. Not for artistic reasons I suggest, since the rare jazz articles that do appear almost never get a front page pointer. The pointer clearly said "Jazz and Sex" which is a fair enough description of the content of the article, however, one can be sure it is the "sex" bit that earned it its guernsey!
I guess newspaper editors - even broadsheet ones - perceive that their readership are driven more commonly by a prurient rather than aesthetic concern.
These observations aside however, the old adage applies. Exposure for the artform, even through less than the most purely artistic of reasons, should not be sniffed at.
Some readers might have been disappointed by the article as the quotes, while interesting, were more academic than salacious. It was good to see a bit of mould-breaking on that score as generally it seems that analytical articles that delve deeply into literature and the visual arts get more of a run in the broadsheets than similar ones about music, which commonly tend to be more celebrity focussed (obviously referring here to pop music celebrities but its also applies to celebrity conductors, opera divas etc).
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Post by Vicki H B on Jan 18, 2006 15:07:53 GMT 10
I really like the way you write, Mr I. I'm reading Julian Barnes at the moment and I'm in love with his writing too. I love people who take time with their words. I wish I had the patience to become a better writer
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Post by isaacs on Jan 18, 2006 15:45:10 GMT 10
Vicki, I really appreciate the vote of confidence in my wordsmith abilities as I will - somewhat gingerly - begin writing a book about music and music-making next month.
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Post by Intrigued on Jan 19, 2006 0:39:14 GMT 10
I thought that article, or atleast that point of view, was terrific. If we began to think this way I'd be a much better musician, and my partner would be much better in bed.
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Post by isaacs on Jan 19, 2006 7:33:03 GMT 10
"Your partner" would be much better in bed??! Nice to know you consider there is no room for improvement in your own performance!
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Post by tinky on Jan 20, 2006 7:10:35 GMT 10
God , the way I play I'd get accussed of rape all the time!
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Post by observer on Feb 5, 2006 20:54:20 GMT 10
Tinky, blowing your own horn again!
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Post by Not Mr Ives on Feb 12, 2006 15:49:47 GMT 10
Sick of no new posts on this bit so here is some info on Charles Ives
Charles Ives
Born: 1874 Died: 1954
Born in Danbury, Connecticut on 20 October 1874, Charles Ives pursued what is perhaps one of the most extraordinary and paradoxical careers in American music history. Businessman by day and composer by night, Ives's vast output has gradually brought him recognition as the most original and significant American composer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, Ives sought a highly personalized musical expression through the most innovative and radical technical means possible. A fascination with bi-tonal forms, polyrhythms, and quotation was nurtured by his father who Ives would later acknowledge as the primary creative influence on his musical style. Studies at Yale with Horatio Parker guided an expert control overlarge-scale forms.
Ironically, much of Ives's work would not be heard until his virtual retirement from music and business in 1930 due to severe health problems. The conductor Nicolas Slonimsky, music critic Henry Bellamann, pianist John Kirkpatrick (who performed the Concord Sonata at its triumphant premiere in New York in 1939), and the composer Lou Harrison (who conducted the premiere of the Symphony No. 3) played a key role in introducing Ives's music to a wider audience. Henry Cowell was perhaps the most significant figure in fostering public and critical attention for Ives's music, publishing several of the composer's works in his New Music Quarterly.
In 1947, Ives was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 3, according him a much deserved modicum of international renown. Soon after, his works were taken up and championed by such leading conductors as Leonard Bernstein and, at his death in 1954, he had witnessed a rise from obscurity to a position of unsurpassed eminence among the world's leading performers and musical institutions.
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Post by ladylex on Mar 28, 2006 14:56:21 GMT 10
God , the way I play I'd get accussed of rape all the time! oop! and I thought you so pure! lol Gotta say: sex sells. But I like it when brains are sexy too. Its simply a pity that many prefer to be stimulated below the belt rather than in the head. Whatever gets it onto the front page. I like that! Clever!  |
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