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
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Appropriate Technology
Question for the day: Who was the first major composer to regularly transport him- or herself by bicycle?
Either Chausson or Elgar.
ReplyDeletePoor Chausson died in a bicycle accident.
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