tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post2024503326940103831..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Amen.Daniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-89746077107578753862006-12-31T19:33:00.000+01:002006-12-31T19:33:00.000+01:00I like both Shostakovich and Sibelius, with a spec...I like both Shostakovich and Sibelius, with a special nod to the latter, and they both seem to have gone through long periods where they were either underpraised or overpraised.<br /><br />And Daniel/PWS, the preferred usage these days is "sampling," not "stealing," for the Use of the Great Internet Collective.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-39874625158947960852006-12-30T10:20:00.000+01:002006-12-30T10:20:00.000+01:00I have reservations about Shostakovich too. It wil...I have reservations about Shostakovich too. It will be interesting to hear what you ahve to say.<br /><br />Also, Sibelius feelings seconded. The music is so damn strange and the way he writes makes so much of it memorable and haunting: his odd harmonic touches, the terse but often wrenching melodies that dissolve and fragment, the quizzical orchestration.<br /><br />I have yet to find many pieces that flow as perfectly and are as inspired in every bar as the first movement of the 6th.<br /><br />PS-Is that picture really from my blog? Ive seen it but I don't remember where I would have posted it. And it must be noted that you stole it from me, who stole it, as all his pictures, from google image! Internet collectivism, I propose.PWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963459674044166116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-39297112908096255422006-12-30T00:35:00.000+01:002006-12-30T00:35:00.000+01:00In this post, I believe that I was careful to elev...In this post, I believe that I was careful to elevate Sibelius rather than deprecate Shostakovich. However, your question is a serious one, and I do happen to have a major reservation about Shostakovich's music. I'll try to articulate this in a post next week.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-72666481441289671822006-12-29T00:57:00.000+01:002006-12-29T00:57:00.000+01:00A serious question: What is wrong with the music ...A serious question: What is wrong with the music of Shostakovich? I find widespread hostility to his music from many people, particularly people with musical training (less so from non-musicians), yet almost nobody has been able to tell me what precisely they dislike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com