tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post1717062434671211343..comments2024-03-27T21:41:50.122-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: I've Been Ranting About This Stuff For a While.Lisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-52367482781249167732015-10-20T12:59:37.053-07:002015-10-20T12:59:37.053-07:00It is the cheapest and least justified of all argu...It is the cheapest and least justified of all arguments to suggest that a strong expression of opinion is due to secretly believing it's wrong.<br /><br />William Bolcom had it right when he wrote of Richard Taruskin expostulating similarly,<br /><br />"Taruskin's screed against what is now anything but a ccurrent musical style - so many years after its hegemony - must come from a long-pent-up anger at what was, in its time, an almost fascistic doctrine of historical inevitability adopted by some serialists."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-87161875080994355922015-10-19T21:46:29.666-07:002015-10-19T21:46:29.666-07:00Sorry, Phil - just published your comment. No noti...Sorry, Phil - just published your comment. No notification in my email about it!<br /><br />Agree - no sonic prejudices!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-3725019486523585802015-10-19T20:35:12.527-07:002015-10-19T20:35:12.527-07:00Funny. "Wallowing cow" aptly describes h...Funny. "Wallowing cow" aptly describes how I feel about Copland's later orchestrations of Appalachian Spring for Rodzinski (suite) and Ormandy (full ballet).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030635665644826689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-82931707349530475652015-10-17T05:40:48.491-07:002015-10-17T05:40:48.491-07:00One can't help but wonder if the continued fas...One can't help but wonder if the continued fascination of the Second Viennese School by those who say they hate it is because, as fanatics, they harbor a secret doubt; That their preferred music will not stand on its own. At best its a marketing technique at worst its censorship. <br /><br />By the way melody in minimalism? hmmmmmmm<br /><br />Phil Fried<br /><br />No sonic prejudicePhil Friedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178433945642115228noreply@blogger.com