tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post3373015362341518347..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Memo from ApollyonBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-59649060306741719362015-11-03T11:00:38.464-06:002015-11-03T11:00:38.464-06:00Yes, you are quite right. How did I do that?
I we...Yes, you are quite right. How did I do that?<br /><br />I welcome dissents, of course, especially from new readers. Welcome werewife! No, I certainly don't want to lump Steve Reich in, which is why I chose Philip Glass instead. Steve Reich is no nihilist! There is a trance element, but much more is going on. I'm a big Steve Reich fan.<br /><br />I have weighed in, just a bit, on John Adams and his operas. I think if you type "John Adams" in the search box on the right, they should all come up.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-11001540247003471872015-11-03T10:42:13.990-06:002015-11-03T10:42:13.990-06:00Two dissents:
1. It's spelled "Apollyon....Two dissents: <br />1. It's spelled "Apollyon." You're welcome.<br />2. The Minimalists / trance composers don't really deserve to be lumped in with the likes of nihilists like Stockhausen. Steve Reich's late-70s material works for me, particularly "Tehillim," but then again I know nothing of musicology, being one of those ordinary types who just likes things to sound nice. Would love to know what you make of the monstrously hyped John Adams' c@ck-teasing (the most apropos description I can think of), nihilistic operas... werewifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-84971906850748097212015-11-01T23:41:35.969-06:002015-11-01T23:41:35.969-06:00Thanks! I was just saying to a friend that today I...Thanks! I was just saying to a friend that today I wrote the weirdest post ever and I hope people would get it. So thanks again!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-60809695612686007392015-11-01T20:54:49.042-06:002015-11-01T20:54:49.042-06:00Charmingly spot-on if flirtingly snarky (nothing t...Charmingly spot-on if flirtingly snarky (nothing the least wrong with that last).<br /><br />Nice piece.<br /><br />ACDA.C. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090447201234367871noreply@blogger.com