It's time for my vacation, lasting all of July. As often before, I'll be going to a remote spot in the Yorkshire Dales, in England, a very quiet place, impossibly gorgeous, with far more sheep than people. This is what I see when I step outside: I won't be isolated; I'll get e-mail (on a very slow dialup connection); but I won't be blogging or posting comments, until the beginning of August, when I'll return. But before I go, I want to say how much I've enjoyed the conversation that developed around … [Read more...]
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Greg Sandow on The Monday post
I'd add, Herbert, that I've looked through many old Novello scores, including some older than Elgar. I found one once,...Greg Sandow on The Monday post
I'll add, Ariel, that I still don't know what your own point of view is on the important questions we...Greg Sandow on The Monday post
Ariel, have you studied all of this very much? See my reply to Pauls. It's especially easy to cherry-pick your...Greg Sandow on The Monday post
And the experimental/modern/avant-garde new music always had more prestige than performances. If you look, for instance, at what US opera...Greg Sandow on The Monday post
The William Weber book I cited takes into account most, if not all, of what you're mentioning. For much of...