Do You Need To Be The First To Be Considered Original?This past week was a chaotic one — I recently took up a job working as a production and logistics coordinator for a local, but…Apr 19, 20211Apr 19, 20211
“American Voices: New CDs Venture Beyond Tired Symphonic Programs”As a parallel with my other points discussed in class discussing today’s limited performable repertoire in the orchestral field, this…Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
Milton Babbitt writing Pop Music???In looking for articles written about the more controversial from last week’s discussions, Milton Babbitt, I stumbled across an October 17…Apr 4, 2021Apr 4, 2021
Why do we only hear the Masterworks?Why do we only hear the Masterworks? Why perform just a small sliver of all the amazing musical moments available to us, instead of taking…Mar 29, 20211Mar 29, 20211
American Music’s Popularity — or Lack ThereofNote: I use the term “American Music” in its colloquial sense referring to the United States of America, as this is the way I interpret…Mar 21, 20211Mar 21, 20211
Have We Come To Accept Other Compositional Systems Yet?On December 25, 1949, the New York Times published an article written by Aaron Copland entitled “A Modernist Defends Modern Music: It’s…Mar 8, 20211Mar 8, 20211
Chromâtimelôdtune — Can an Unpublished Work Re-Write History?As our past historic-musical discussions and debates have shown us thus far, it is incredibly difficult to validate arguments based on…Mar 1, 20212Mar 1, 20212
Honegger’s “Horace Victorieux” — Exception to the ‘Rule?’In response to our class discussion this past Thursday, as well as in other past classes, I decided to look for evidence explaining the…Feb 22, 20211Feb 22, 20211
How does one create a folk sound without folk music?Considering our recent discussion in class about Béla Bartók’s use of folk music for foundational material in many of his works, I figured…Feb 15, 20211Feb 15, 20211
