Here's a question I was asked: Will technology raise the level of musical literacy? This came up in a panel discussion, during my visit last week to the University of Missouri. And as I considered the answer, something occurred to me. There's more than one kind of musical literacy. So this is what I said. In classical music, we of course think musical literacy means being able to read music. And, maybe also it means knowing about classical music — the composers, their works, the instruments, important periods in classical music … [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...