From berio’s ‘93-’94 norton lectures
“…the best possible commentary on a symphony is another symphony…”
“…music is everything we listen to with the intent of listening to music…”
Category: i readMay 12, 2011 May 6, 2011 ignorance and malevolence“Ignorance and malevolence are united in a single root; the latter benefits surreptitiously from the advantage it draws from the former. I do not know which is the more hateful. In itself, ignorance is, of course, no crime. … December 13, 2010 from “liner notes”“The new structure required a concentration more demanding than if the technique were that of still photography, which for me is what precise notation had come to imply.” -Morton Feldman December 7, 2010 Wolff, on CageApropos of my post a couple days ago, about Cage’s sound, I want to quote a few lines from Christian Wolff, who’s interview with William Duckworth I’m reading in the latter’s Talking Music: “John’s music … had nothing to do with … May 9, 2010 From “Postface to 114 Songs”“If [interest in art-making], and everyone has it, is a component of the ordinary life, if it is free primarily to play the part of the, or a, reflex, subconcious-expression, or something of that sort, in relation to some fundamental … |
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