Klarinet Archive - Posting 001341.txt from 1998/07

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] some modern music is just trash to me
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:48:57 -0400

Mary Sotnik wrote:
>
> > >> Certainly, there are some forms of music today that are really bad,
> > >
> >
> > Which forms are 'bad', and won't the people who really like these forms
be a
> > bit upset when you tell them? :-)
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Craig Earl Countryman

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This is my response to the above statement.

My soapbox is with some of the extreme modern atonal pieces that composers
pass off as works of music. Experimental junk to me. I was listening to a
Violinist (an upper Chair in the Phila. Orch.) discuss his dislike of
modern, atonal, classical music saying that it alienates the audience, and
is pushed by a very small, but very forceful, loud spoken group. (I'm
speaking of the later stuff, past Boulez Domaines, past Smith 5 pieces) I
heard, or at least sat through some of that at ClarFest. The Larsen that
was performed - I like. Some others, I had to endure listening to them.
There are lost of contemporary pieces that I like, but a lot of them you
CAN hum on the way out of the concert hall (without sounding psychotic)

On a more positive note, one of the highlights of ClarFest for me was
hearing the Concerto by Prinz played by Howard Klug. Nice piece(to me).

Sure I'll get flamed, but oh well, I spoke.

David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html

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