tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2298662899057268397..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Nono the VenetianBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-65479586930914684432019-06-23T07:59:56.863-05:002019-06-23T07:59:56.863-05:00Apologies, Marc! I will try to steer a less advent...Apologies, Marc! I will try to steer a less adventurous course on the blog. I am deep in the throes of composing my new string quartet for the Vancouver ensemble and that seems to influence what interests me. According to my psychological profile I am in the 96th percentile when it comes to "openness to experience" which is why I am a composer. On the other hand I am only in the 41st percentile when it comes to agreeableness. Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-9096840332329596692019-06-22T22:28:06.629-05:002019-06-22T22:28:06.629-05:00Have had Schoenberg and Nono and visions of series...Have had Schoenberg and Nono and visions of series and shamans and Stockhausen clanging around in my poor head the last few days; 'that whole generation of composers left high and dry by the innovations of the avant-garde' are sounding better and better. <br /> Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-8567810503953969772019-06-13T11:37:41.567-05:002019-06-13T11:37:41.567-05:00The only time I had previously run into Malipiero ...The only time I had previously run into Malipiero was when I used his edition of Monteverdi. He is one of that whole generation of composers who, as users of the conventional tonal structures, were left rather high and dry by the innovations of the avant-garde.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-37034991382652473632019-06-13T08:06:43.321-05:002019-06-13T08:06:43.321-05:00Two dozen albums of Malipiero's music on Spoti...Two dozen albums of Malipiero's music on Spotify; I'd never heard of him of course. There are eight string quartets, the lengthiest at 22 minutes. Listened to no 6-- pleasant, easy to attend to for that quarter of an hour, nothing particularly surprising, nothing not mellifluous, complementary certainly to the beautiful Dawn. Only listened to about five minutes of the Symphony no 3 last evening after work but may continue to explore. Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.com