A displaced Californian composer writes about music made for the long while & the world around that music. ~
The avant-garde is flexibility of mind. — John Cage ~
...composition is only a very small thing, taken as a part of music as a whole, and it really shouldn't be separated from music making in general. — Douglas Leedy ~
My God, what has sound got to do with music! — Charles Ives
Friday, July 21, 2006
To comfort and disturb
Somewhere along the line, somebody said that the purpose of good music (or art or literature) was to disturb the comfortable and to comfort the disturbed.
What was the last piece of music that had that effect on you?
4 comments:
The Quartet for the End of Time
Charles Ives' "Gyp the Blood" or Hearst - Which is Worst ?
And I haven't decided if Rzweski's Coming Together is comforting or disturbing.
Preisner's "Requiem for my friend."
Minutemen - Paranoid Time
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