tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post1504518070018211428..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Music in the 19th Century: Beethoven and "Beethoven"Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-53937759214731531482013-03-28T09:39:10.550-05:002013-03-28T09:39:10.550-05:00Heh, heh, heh! Yes, except for a Mahler symphony, ...Heh, heh, heh! Yes, except for a Mahler symphony, operas by Rossini and Verdi, concertos by Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and many others, chamber music by Pierre Boulez, Hans Werner Henze, Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern and a host of solo compositions, the guitar has never been used in any symphonic works.<br /><br />And there have certainly never been any guitar virtuosos!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-89702786342064961132013-03-28T07:44:45.610-05:002013-03-28T07:44:45.610-05:00he didn't write for the guitar because the gui...he didn't write for the guitar because the guitar is a shit instrument in comparison to other instruments. It has never been adopted into any symphonic works and never will be. It is for people that like to drum chords in 4/4 time, not for the virtuoso. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com