tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post1544264064146054468..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: An Unusual MusicianBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-79799267185959739332012-09-05T09:23:28.885-05:002012-09-05T09:23:28.885-05:00I have never thought of it that way, but it is qui...I have never thought of it that way, but it is quite likely. I do know that, whereas the professors in the music school, while well-educated I suppose, were rather dull and not very creative people--apart from a voice teacher I had. James stood out for his knowledge and incisive opinions. I really cannot imagine him sitting in a first year theory class, passively absorbing material meant for people with almost no background. Which answers the question of why he did a degree in psychology instead of music.<br /><br />James could certainly be scathing, but I never got the sense that he was smug, entitled or arrogant.<br /><br />Thanks very much for the compliment... I was just recounting what I recalled of a very memorable person without decorating it in any rhetorical way.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-35647394511451857512012-09-05T09:12:10.514-05:002012-09-05T09:12:10.514-05:00Dear Bryan,
What a finely felt and feelingly forme...Dear Bryan,<br />What a finely felt and feelingly formed homage! Do you think James' high aesthetic standards have set the bar for your own critical writing?RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404263429983838122noreply@blogger.com