tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post894234638271380479..comments2024-03-18T14:05:44.909-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Let a Hunded Flowers BloomBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-41008427061113153172016-06-21T03:40:09.980-05:002016-06-21T03:40:09.980-05:00excellent quote:
"It is often through restrai...<br />excellent quote:<br />"It is often through restraint that powerful effects are created".we can experience this in works of great composers like Haydn,as we marvel at the thought process behind the music.<br /><br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-8811607021235843652016-06-20T13:41:07.619-05:002016-06-20T13:41:07.619-05:00Sounds good!Sounds good!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48776420808693538582016-06-20T12:55:48.290-05:002016-06-20T12:55:48.290-05:00Well thanks for the interest. I have an old sound...Well thanks for the interest. I have an old soundcloud account out there, I'll see if I can get a couple of things posted, and get back to you. Jephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-38564187427655549032016-06-20T12:18:26.266-05:002016-06-20T12:18:26.266-05:00Jeph, is there a link to a performance of your com...Jeph, is there a link to a performance of your composition(s) that you could put up? I would love to hear what you are writing.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-44480390414855838592016-06-20T11:48:43.635-05:002016-06-20T11:48:43.635-05:00infinite pains.....don't I know it. I'm r...infinite pains.....don't I know it. I'm right in the thick of composing a piece for orchestra, and I'm still continually amazed at the level of attention to detail that is required. I'll finish the score in a month, and there will still be a few errors or inconsistencies, not enough rests in this bar, a missed slur or tie, or accidental.<br /><br />You're right on about the Modernists and their creation strategies/games. I have this composer friend, who has such a philosophy. This person has told me that they never edit their work, whatever spills out onto the page at the first go is the final. If you're thinking the reliable result of this is undifferentiated musical mud, you'd be right. This is ok because somewhere along the line, the powers that be decided that every combination of sounds had some value or virtue. To my mind, this is total abdication of one's role as composer. Harumph!<br /><br />Now I'm not torturing myself like a Sibelius, but for me it is an effort to write. A rewarding effort. I have to pull out my instruments, feel around for the melodies I want, play along with sketched harmony, try, fail, cringe, erase, abandon, rework, make more coffee. It's ALL editing to me. Writing for large groups is tricky, because you have to know how to make your ideas heard (by the audience), and not bury them in the mix. "The best writing is rewriting." -EB WHITE <br /><br />But you're also right that one has to know when to stop. "Don't tickle it to death" a teacher once told me. Jephnoreply@blogger.com