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ABOUT THIS BLOG
There was a time when great cities had multiple newspapers and culture was hashed out daily in the press, strongly-held opinions battling for the hearts and minds of readers. Today it's rare for a city to have more than one or two outlets where culture can be publicly discussed, let alone prodded and pulled and challenged...
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THE QUESTION BEFORE US
If the history of music is the recorded conversation of ideas, then where do we find ourselves in that conversation at the start of the 21st Century? In the past, musical ideas have been fought over, affirmed then challenged again, with each generation adding something new. Ultimately consensus was achieved around an idea, and that idea gained traction with a critical mass of composers.
Now we are in a period when no particular musical idea seems to represent our age, and it appears that for the moment – at least on the surface – that there is no obvious direction music is going. So the question is: what is the next chapter in the historical conversation of musical ideas, and where are the seeds of those ideas planted?
Or: Is it possible that, with traditional cultural structures fragmenting, and the ways people are getting and using culture fundamentally changing, that it is no longer possible for a unifying style to emerge? Is it still possible for a Big Idea to attain the kind of traction needed to energize and acquire a critical mass of composers and performers?
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READER: The purpose of music - Linda Rogers (08/06/2004 10:46 am)
READER: Thank you to all - Jennifer Higdon (08/06/2004 10:10 am)
READER: To Corey Dargel and Kyle Gann - Garth Trinkl (08/06/2004 9:21 am)
READER: re:Where Are The Young Voices? - Andrea La Rose (08/06/2004 9:21 am)
READER: To Justin: Art can be entertaining, but it is not entertainment - Arthur J. Sabatini (08/06/2004 8:42 am)
Final Disinformation
- Kyle Gann (08/06/2004 8:41 am)
READER: Where Are The Young Voices? - Corey Dargel (08/06/2004 8:21 am)
Over and out - an anti-rant rant - Justin Davidson (08/06/2004 7:05 am)
READER: Classical Music Doesn't Fit The PR Mold - Dennis Bathory-Kitsz (08/05/2004 9:21 pm)
READER: Eclecticism Is Better Anyway - Hale Jacob (08/05/2004 7:41 pm)
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| THE MUSIC CRITICS |
Greg Sandow
The Wall Street Journal
- To Justin: Hermetic Music - Performance ideas - Truly big classical ideas - Another view
Wynne Delacoma
Chicago Sun-Times
- Composer bashing, female critics, form and content - Big Ideas--Who Needs Them?
Alex Ross
The New Yorker
- Clarification, Departure - The New New Thing - Provocation! - To AC Douglas - Pop Innovation - A Potential Goldmine - To Rockwell: Styles, Not Politics - Listening for Passionate Engagement
Kyle Gann
Village Voice
- Listening examples provided - Queries for John Rockwell - Unfair on my part - Composer bashing - Inside a big idea - Names & Their Inadequacies - The Idea & Its Conditions - The Next Medium-Sized Idea - Alternate Universe
Justin Davidson
Newsday
- Thanks, Kyle - proposal - To Kyle - Who's saying give up? - Some Things Are New, Actually - High/Low Redux - pop envy - Where was THAT in Classical Music? - Apology & Comment - How Big is a Big Idea?
John Rockwell
The New York Times
- Reply to Kyle and a Plea - Arghhh, or however you spell it - The Magpie - Brahms and Wagner - Question for Kyle - To Alex, Justin: the pedant at work - Initial Entry
Scott Cantrell
Dallas Morning News
- What's success? - Pop music precendent - Multiculturalism - Fragmentation - Female Critics - Movements & Media - A Blurry Patchwork
Charles Ward
Houston Chronicle
- Jotting IV: Grab Bag - Jotting III: When John Rockwell... - Jotting II: I'd Rather Not Get A Call From Stalin - Jotting I: We Do Have A Big Idea
Anne Midgette
The New York Times
- What's the big idea? - A Few Responses To Other Postings - Back to Fragmentation for a Minute - Gender footnote - Another preamble
Andrew Druckenbrod
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Composers are Composers but Distinctions are Worthwhile - No apology to pop and film - Taking Issue With The Question
John von Rhein
Chicago Tribune
Kyle MacMillan
Denver Post
Joshua Kosman
San Francisco Chronicle
| | FROM READERS |
The Purpose of Music - Linda Rogers (08/06/2004 10:46 am)
Thank you to all - Jennifer Higdon (08/06/2004 10:10 am)
To Corey Dargel and Kyle Gann - Garth Trinkl (08/06/2004 10:00 am)
re: Where Are The Young Voices? - Andrea La Rose (08/06/2004 9:21 am)
To Justin: Art can be entertaining, but it is notentertainment - Arthur J. Sabatini (08/06/2004 8:42 am)
Where Are The Young Voices? - Corey Dargel (08/06/2004 8:20 am)
Summing Up - Brian Newhouse (08/05/2004 9:26 pm)
Classical Music Doesn't Fit The PR Mold - Dennis Bathory-Kitsz (08/05/2004 9:18 pm)
Eclecticism Is Better Anyway - Hale Jacob (08/05/2004 7:40 pm)
What Is Live Performance, Anyway? - Steve Layton (08/05/2004 7:34 pm)
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- Discography of Minimalist and Totalist music - Kyle Gann on Post-Minimalism - Kyle Gann: Following the Classical Script
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