tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2474033864079925038..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Big Composer AwardBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-43202222284471481932017-02-07T12:39:34.933-06:002017-02-07T12:39:34.933-06:00Please do! Please do! Jiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430049896063808671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-47251300796185941082017-02-07T10:26:06.030-06:002017-02-07T10:26:06.030-06:00Yep, you are right. As Dorothy Parker once said ab...Yep, you are right. As Dorothy Parker once said about Katherine Hepburn "she runs the gamut of emotions from A to B." As is so often the case with Big Modernism, it too runs the emotional gamut from less tortured to more tortured.<br /><br />I was listening to an orchestral piece I wrote last night and was thinking to myself that the only problem seemed to be that it was too cheerful. Maybe I shouldn't try to fix that...<br /><br />Maybe I should put a movement up and let you critique it?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-86489226602735647182017-02-07T09:29:17.779-06:002017-02-07T09:29:17.779-06:00hmmmm....he certainly has a style, but I can't...hmmmm....he certainly has a style, but I can't say any of that wins my musical affections, or begs for repetition. Seems like another big prize for Big Modernism. I gather that the 250k will go towards producing ever longer, more assaulting, harrowing, cacophonous works. Music that no normal producer would mount, and that few normal people will appreciate. (sigh..) Is anyone doing "sweet and gentle" these days, or maybe just "pretty" ? The apparent absence of a social justice aspect is refreshing, although maybe that's buried in the program notes. Jiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430049896063808671noreply@blogger.com