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  mclaren on Ives, Caught Between Two Caricatures

  Once again we get a high-octane musician slamming a composer for producing "naïve" work. And what, I ask you, is...
  Posted May 20, 2013
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  Bob Gilmore on Ives, Caught Between Two Caricatures

  Agreed. I love Ives 1, terrific piece. But I'd have to say my favourite of all the symphonies is the...
  Posted May 14, 2013
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  M. on Ives, Caught Between Two Caricatures

  Mr. Plush has already written, in his first sentence, what I would have liked to. Consider it seconded.
  Posted May 14, 2013
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  Bill B on Ives, Caught Between Two Caricatures

  You can hear it without going to it. The concert is streamed live over WQXR, as are all of...
  Posted May 10, 2013
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  Vincent Plush on Ives, Caught Between Two Caricatures

  Kyle, you have just reminded us (as if we needed reminding) why we regard you as one of the most...
  Posted May 10, 2013
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  Steven Ledbetter on Minimalism Invented in England, It Turns Out

  Sullivan did, indeed, brilliantly solve the problem set him by Gilbert's lyric, but he didn't find it easy. In fact...
  Posted Apr 30, 2013
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  Paul Schleuse on Minimalism Invented in England, It Turns Out

  The additive process is clearly there, but the harmony isn't really static. The alternation between D and D maj7/sus4 is...
  Posted Apr 28, 2013
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  Gene on Minimalism Invented in England, It Turns Out

  "Das Rheingold" opens with six minutes of tonic, not dominant. KG replies: But after six minutes of E-flat the curtain opens...
  Posted Apr 23, 2013
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  Juhani Nuorvala on Minimalism Invented in England, It Turns Out

  The minimalist I'm most reminded of by that Gilbert and Sullivan piece is Tom Johnson. - For additive process, there's...
  Posted Apr 22, 2013
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  Ian Stewart on Minimalism Invented in England, It Turns Out

  For additive precedents there is also the the folk song "Green Grow the Rushes, O". I also believe that the big...
  Posted Apr 22, 2013