tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post8918533989016103105..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: DoubtDaniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-72408359569969740682009-10-21T18:00:25.742+02:002009-10-21T18:00:25.742+02:00The difference between Feldman and Nono here of co...The difference between Feldman and Nono here of course is that Nono in this piece makes explicit reference to high-brow romantic tradition with his Hölderlin quotes, whereas Feldman claims in a piece like For Philip Guston to have stopped asking questions. In other words, Nono is wearing "profundity" on his sleeve, but in late Feldman the question "Profound or mundane?" may just have become moot - the difference may no longer be there. (Something similar I believe happens in Ashbery).Samuel Vriezenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229066450439148225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-12052549452016760782009-10-18T19:31:13.445+02:002009-10-18T19:31:13.445+02:00It's the way I often (too often) feel about Fe...It's the way I often (too often) feel about Feldman. So much of his music truly <i>is</i> profound, but other pieces — especially late pieces — sometimes sound routine, almost formulaic. (I'm trying to avoid the word "glib.") I knew Feldman enough to know his character had both profound and quite mundane sides; perhaps he couldn't accommodate the latter qualities in his music; perhaps he simply composed too much. Oh well. I love him, and his (first-rate) music.Charles Sherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.com