I've finally listened to some of Boulez late interviews and they're soul crushing. He completely admits the failure of the last 100 years and takes a good portion of guilt on himself.
Imagine how bad he had to feel in his later years. He had one shot at this life and the only thing he managed to do is to inspire decades of music that he truly despises.
Alexander Cooper
thats what he gets for making shitty music
Ian Jones
congratulations, you have autism
Alexander Hernandez
Thanks man what an autistic thing to say
Jonathan Campbell
Faggot
Benjamin Murphy
wow
Lucas Campbell
Sorry I have Tourette's, I hope you understand
Jayden Martinez
Didn't he trash talk literally every composer? I imagine he was sad how niche music appreciation is. Or was he dissatisfied with the quality of his own work?
Chase Hill
he trash talked a lot of composers, even the ones he liked, but that's just because he was a fairly critical personality.
for instance he trash-talked Berg romanticism, but at the same time considered his Op. 6 to be one of his favorite compositions of the 20th century, not to mention other pieces like Wozzeck.
here's a few of his favorite pieces for those curious:
and I believe his favorite opera overall was either Pelleas or Parisfal, i don't remember.
Landon Taylor
In his late interviews he often complains about how uniform the last century has become. There was a specific interview in wich he said that there is way much more difference between Beethoven and Wagner than there is between Schoenberg and anyone who came after him. In his opinion the liberation from the tonality shackles resultedin obscurantist, unintelleggible music, where the whole personality of the composer is immediatly lost.
>What a ridiculous list. He has left out the composer whose music is more beloved and played in concert and on CDs and the radio than any other from the 20th century, Rachmaninoff. Kek.
Gabriel Collins
kek
Colton Allen
>picking one of his own works What a memer he was
Jayden Green
At least he was modest in his immodesty and put it last :^)
Hudson Nguyen
>Varese at no. 1 A memer indeed.
Kayden Sullivan
They weren't ranked
Jason Hernandez
is there a link to an essential /classical/ reading list?
Isaiah Morgan
rosen
Hudson Cook
Well, they aren't in chronological order, so he at least thinks it's the first thing you should check out, which is kind of funny.
Wyatt Sanchez
I tried your colgate toothpaste and it tasted like SHIT.
Lucas Stewart
Damn, if he actually said that i'd gain a ton of respect for him
Here it is. The opinion that he held in his later years was radically different from the one that he held in his '20s and '30s.
Daniel Murphy
>Oh hey CLT if you're still here, why do you listen to Bix Beiderbecke if he's a dirty Mozart underrater?
Aren't we all, though?
Austin Collins
Well whether or not he's under or overrated, I think we can agree that Mozart is definitely the most rated composer of all time.
Zachary Cooper
Bix also liked Debussy. For a man we apparently don't know much about there seems to be quite a lot of info on the man. Also who's the Nick LaRocca of classical?
Noah Lee
looks like a visual kei album cover
Matthew Smith
Is he overrated or over rated?
Liam Wilson
What/s that lol? I've never in my life heard of whatever that is.
Nolan Mitchell
leave
Justin Collins
Why is it so praised?
Daniel Taylor
really makes you think...
Robert Howard
Why is he so kawai lads?
Chase Rogers
>Also who's the Nick LaRocca of classical? I don't know but it has comedic potential.
How low can a violin physically play? I know G is the lowest note in standard tunings but Haydn once had them tune that string down to F, so what's the lowest note you could do that with?
Josiah Hall
you could remove the string from the instrument and pluck it for a C#-6
Ayden Taylor
No, just a question
Nicholas Robinson
What blogs do you frequent, guys?
Jeremiah Carter
takimag
Joseph Turner
I'm thinking about starting a composition degree next year. I'm currently a decent pianist (I'm 18 and have already won a few minor competitions, nothing spectacular) and honestly I'm pretty sure that when it comes to improvisation I'm an actual genius. That said, all my istincts bring me to play tonally. Can I be taken seriously by the academia while composing exclusively tonally?
Angel Fisher
Life is too short not to play just what you feel.
Oliver Bennett
Loaded question
Jaxson Morris
I know, that's why I was asking specifically about what kind of mindset is currently driving academia. As a complete outsider I honestly don't know what the average composer will think about me if I start writing piano sonatas. I've tried to ask it to my composition teacher a few times and he flat out refused to answer me.
John Torres
meetinginmusic, odeonmusic
Carson Perry
I don't know anything about piano performance on a professional level, but you can probably get an idea for what's in vogue by checking out what people are buying right now.
Not many famous pianists have recorded that piece, considering Handel isn't part of the standard piano repertoire. Way to stray away from the original discussion though.
How can I go to the next level if I'm a pleb who only likes medieval music (e.g. Dufay, ars nova, ars subtilior), minimalism and the occasional impressionist or romantic piece when it comes to classical ?
I also don't get why Beethoven is always hailed as the greatest composer of all-time, and I'm not fond of the lack of emphasis on rhythm in music from the renaissance to the serialists, since the results often fails to grab my attention. How do I stop being such a "popularist" ?
Michael Hughes
If you have trouble concentrating, take up meditation.
David Scott
thanks based musicians
But this is more like it
Connor Torres
Do you play anything? Some stuff are easier to get if you play.
Like how playing Beethoven will force you to feel the emotions in his music in order to express it yourself.
