tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post7231291107121741977..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Dreaming about MusicBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-14777799332784141802014-03-13T15:39:26.224-05:002014-03-13T15:39:26.224-05:00Thanks, Bridge! That's the piece I should have...Thanks, Bridge! That's the piece I should have chosen. Even better might be "Cassandra's Dream Song" by the same composer and also just as "overcomposed".Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-25950978776968472362014-03-13T12:38:42.294-05:002014-03-13T12:38:42.294-05:00They remind me most of a piece that is perhaps the...They remind me most of a piece that is perhaps the exact opposite of what you described though still rather close. It's a piece for flute by Ferneyhough, which I think is actually a joke but it is without a doubt the most grossly overcluttered and overspecific score I have seen. <br /><br />Here's the piece:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y71cx8Vj15Q<br /><br />High(er) quality score:<br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/13703271/Ferneyhough-Brian-Unity-Capsule-Full-Score<br /><br />This no joke must take several months or years to get down. I'm not even sure if the performer is actually playing much of the music correctly because it's nearly impossible to read. I don't at all blame him for errors though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-34539204835319685082014-03-13T07:51:28.995-05:002014-03-13T07:51:28.995-05:00If I were to psychoanalyze myself, something I hav...If I were to psychoanalyze myself, something I have a policy against, I might say that this dream is a kind of reflection on the fact that, while my real vocation is to be a composer, for most of my life I thought I was a performer. So in the dream, the performer is forced to do the work the composers should have done.<br /><br />Don't those imaginary pieces remind you of something by Stockhausen, though? Stimmung, maybe?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-14373626079337769852014-03-12T23:03:36.365-05:002014-03-12T23:03:36.365-05:00That's just like something three eggheaded com...That's just like something three eggheaded composition professors might write! Placing all the burden on the performer.Nathan Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123467208814463388noreply@blogger.com