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
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
[Stravinsky silent movie]
Stravinsky conducting, Paris, late 1920's. Silent film.
Guessing the Firebird by the speed and the use of the xylophone? Some big tapered bars on the latter i would like to have regardless~
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