Back in the '90s, I was music editor of Entertainment Weekly, which meant I was plunged into pop music. I had a girlfriend who worked at the magazine, someone with no classical music background, and also without any fancy taste in pop music (which I don't mean as any kind of criticism). She listened to what everyone else like her listened to. No art rock, no challenging indie bands. One Sunday morning, we were at my apartment, and she asked if I'd put on some classical music. So I put on something Baroque, maybe Handel's Water Music. She … [Read more...]
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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...