tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10416963.post4765195372229728085..comments2023-10-18T23:01:58.336-04:00Comments on Form and Analysis: 080131 "Nachtwanderwhat?"Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10416963.post-1922043472746026362011-07-05T12:38:36.211-04:002011-07-05T12:38:36.211-04:00Obviously, you know very little about music, liter...Obviously, you know very little about music, literary and world history of the Romantic Era. Dial the arrogance down and instead of superimposing your 21st century shallow constraints on these artists, you may actually learn and understand something about the mentality and musical development of the people who lived during that time. Then, perhaps, you can converse and write intelligently.Jeannienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10416963.post-38651221543873518242008-03-05T11:11:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:11:00.000-05:00FYI - I thought this was interesting:"Madame Hense...FYI - I thought this was interesting:<BR/><BR/>"Madame Hensel was a musician beyond comparison, a remarkable pianist, and a woman of superior mind; small and thin in person but with an energy that showed itself in her deep eyes and in her fiery glance. She was gifted with rare ability as a composer. M. and Madame Hensel came to the Academy on Sunday evenings. She used to place herself at the piano with the good grace and simplicity of those who make music because they love it, and thanks to her fine talent and prodigious memory I was brought to the knowledge of a mass of the chefs-d'oeuvres of German music of which I was completely ignorant at that time, among others a number of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach - sonatas, concertos, fugues, and preludes, and several Mendelssohn compositions which were a revelation to me from an unknown world."<BR/><BR/>from Charles Gounod's memoirsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10416963.post-48926398247050006522008-03-05T11:02:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:02:00.000-05:00Your disdain for women is dripping from your analy...Your disdain for women is dripping from your analysis. Not to mention your disdain for the voice as a legitimate vehicle for music. I would venture to say that songs are even more ancient than instrumental music; though one could argue that chimpanzees bang, so maybe musical noises and rhythm came before the lullaby or love song. <BR/><BR/>Try looking at the world through someone else's eyes for a bit. Try thinking about what those composers you list as worth listening to have in common. Could it be that they are part of the dominant culture we have all been raised to revere? Could it be that, like you, Rooster, they are men? Might ANYONE ELSE have something to say about walking through the world listening to nightingales, without being reduced to a Lifetime Channel cliche?<BR/><BR/>Carry on, Grasshopper. You have much to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10416963.post-30280033293233020272008-02-01T15:11:00.000-05:002008-02-01T15:11:00.000-05:00You're young, so don't realize yet that playing at...You're young, so don't realize yet that playing at smart & witty can't really cover being dumb and lazy. Your talky dance around the piece shows almost no real analysis at all; that's the lazy. Deciding something written 160 years ago is "cliché", using nothing that touches upon its time, is just dumb. And if you think I don't know what I'm talking about... I was just like you 35 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10416963.post-42028468418157500992008-02-01T14:44:00.000-05:002008-02-01T14:44:00.000-05:00What is mediocre about the text, if it effectively...What is mediocre about the text, if it effectively sets the mood? (And Hensel didn't write the poem, Eichendorff did.) The anthology includes the original poem and translation, Hensel expanded that line by repeating "alles grau." That is something to comment on, why she chose to repeat those words. The first "grau" is colored by the Db in the bass, which could be regarded as a passing tone but still creates an augmented triad sonority that is striking.<BR/><BR/>You should read Edward Hanslick's <I>On the Musically Beautiful</I>, he agrees with your views on combining words and music. <BR/><BR/>Finally, even when you don't like the music, try to find performance ideas to discuss. As a professional musician you will often be required to play music you don't like.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.com