Follow this link to read my latest book riff, a long time coming. It covers chapter two of the book -- see the book outline -- titled "Dire Data." For a shorter version, go here.The book, of course, is Rebirth: The Future of Classical Music. There's now a sidebar on this site, off to the right, devoted to it. There you'll always be able to find all the book material I've made available. You can also go to it directly, by clicking here.The subject of the new riff -- and the correponding chapter in the book -- is the crisis in classical music, … [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...