“Serious” music?

I’ve been hearing composers and performers light-heartedly wishing they could just be rock stars for years. Sometimes not entirely light-heartedly. Most composers and performers I know listen…

May 11, 2011January 11, 2018 by Scott

Charles Ives on Authenticity

Excerpts from: Charles E. Ives: Memos (Ed. Kirkpatrick; Norton 1991) Charles Ives: Essays Before a Sonata, The Majority, and Other Writings (Ed. Boatwright; Norton 1961) “To a…

May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 by Scott