tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post9172758064602995253..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Classical Guitar Cultural HistoryBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-78721177635943136452016-07-21T11:57:42.028-05:002016-07-21T11:57:42.028-05:00Hmmm, well there goes that theory.
Interesting th...Hmmm, well there goes that theory.<br /><br />Interesting that you mention the Bartok quartets. I had an LP of the 3rd and 4th quartets played by the Juilliard quartet back in the 70s and I was probably the only one in my social circle or cohort that was listening to stuff like that.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-79811650782151499462016-07-21T11:53:54.272-05:002016-07-21T11:53:54.272-05:00Not really - NJ suburbs of NYC and Wash. DC suburb...Not really - NJ suburbs of NYC and Wash. DC suburbs, so always near cities, although I spent a lot of time with extended family in rural part of NW Jersey. And it was less crowded then.....PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-76710774577210662672016-07-21T10:57:47.889-05:002016-07-21T10:57:47.889-05:00This is one of those great things about the intern...This is one of those great things about the internet--you discover that there are people out there who do share some of your experiences. Am I correct in guessing that you grew up in a small community as did I?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-11912640055705789002016-07-21T10:03:06.978-05:002016-07-21T10:03:06.978-05:00Bryan - not quite exact, but many of the reasons y...Bryan - not quite exact, but many of the reasons you give for becoming interested in classical resonated with me, including DG albums. I was discovering it at approximately the same time. But for me the major impetus was to try to answer the question "What is this music all about?", which really has continued to this day. It was a solo project, as no one in my family had any interest, and I did not have friends who were interested either. I listened to Bartok string quartets (on LP) and I thought 'What is behind this? This is such bizarre music, is everyone involved in producing it and listening to it crazy?'<br /><br />I was raised in the Catholic tradition and agree that classical has similarities (length of existence, mystical aspects, meditative) that also seem to occur in Catholicism. I really like music that conveys a sense of ritual, and I think this is based on extensive church attendance in my early years. Ritual in the sense of a community moving to a place of heightened awareness. Messiaen's End of Time quartet falls into that category. <br /><br />best,<br />PatrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com