Imagine that you’re a composer: you live in the greatest city in the world, the city of Vienna. You enjoy success with your work–more than modest, less than obscene. Your lifestyle can be described as comfortable. You work hard, have a good family and on the whole represent a good citizen. Then, along comes this [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Eine Kleine NOT Musik
Posted in Classical Music, Music on October 13, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Chopin Needs a New Publicist
Posted in Classical Music, Music on October 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I want to make something very clear at this point:
It is pronounced “SHO-pahn,” not “choppin’.” Or “shoppin’,” for that matter. He was part French. Give the guy a break.
Then again, this all just plays into my title: the man needs a new PR team. Obviously, they’re not doing their job or people would know how [...]
Celebrity Deathmatch™: Bach vs. Editors
Posted in Classical Music, Music on October 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
What is it about all of these “modern versions” of Bach, specifically his Inventions? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a purist, not really. It seems to me, however, that while we’ve updated his music to modern instruments, we’ve also added some rather creative interpretations, as well. Of course, creative interpretations don’t bother me, as [...]
Songwriting is…hard.
Posted in Music on October 12, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I have always loved Beethoven. There’s just something about him, you know? His improvisations, the orchestration of the symphonies, the way he can just take a fantastically major phrase and turn it into a fantastically minor one with the rearranging of a few notes…I can’t always put my finger on it but he awakens something [...]
