tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post6840137060651333095..comments2024-03-15T21:51:30.609-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Concerned About the Music Pulitzers? You Should Be.Lisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-48330499506898435982015-05-06T21:58:57.191-07:002015-05-06T21:58:57.191-07:00Greg, yeah, the fix is more or less in, although t...Greg, yeah, the fix is more or less in, although the ground has shifted. Hard to imagine Carter winning a Pulitzer today, and I love his quartets. The stuff in my subsequent posting, especially about the judges in the 40s-60s, is very disturbing.<br /><br />K, to each his or her own, of course, though I am curious whether you find the Berg sterile. He's lush to my ear regardless of the underlying tone rows.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-29496906956944603602015-04-28T07:24:19.134-07:002015-04-28T07:24:19.134-07:00On second thought, I'll make a tougher comment...On second thought, I'll make a tougher comment. According to the chart, 15 of 20 composers "regularly use diatonic collections or make tonal allusions." That means that <i>five</i> out of 20 not only don't write diatonically, they don't even make tonal <i>allusions.</i><br /><br />Whether the resulting music is serialist or not strikes me as being of zero consequence. Why should I prefer one form of hopeless sterility over another?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-89947133911194441662015-04-28T05:41:14.990-07:002015-04-28T05:41:14.990-07:00I am a major complainer about the hegemony of the ...I am a major complainer about the hegemony of the serialists, but I'm referring to the past. I also say that that hegemony is over, and ended at least 20 years ago, although there are pockets in academia where it still holds sway, and the remaining survivors of the hegemony, plus their few remaining acolytes, still act as if they have the One Truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-13365110158907283222015-04-27T23:16:43.084-07:002015-04-27T23:16:43.084-07:00Dear Lisa,
Yes, these graphs are sobering, but the...Dear Lisa,<br />Yes, these graphs are sobering, but the Pulitzer prize for music was first awarded in 1943.<br />The graphs from THAT year 'til now would no doubt curdle our collective toes.<br />But what can we do? The big bucks and the big music schools are all on the Boston/NYC/WashDC axis, and the "sayers of the law" are all rich Caucasians who run those schools and have those bucks.<br />As my dad used to say: "The fix is in".<br />(disclaimer: I myself am Caucasian, so I hope no one will accuse me of playing a "race card" or some such nonsense.)<br />- best regards, Greg from SF<br />PS thanks for your reply to my post on the "Troyens" thread. It's much appreciated. -G.greg bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02285968471842381030noreply@blogger.com