An embarrassment of riches, split in twain:
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Classical Compositions of… the 1960s – Part I (1960-1964)
― Publius Covidius Naso (pomenitul), Thursday, 2 April 2020 13:45 (four years ago) link
today i learned RVW was working on an opera on Thomas the Rhymer at the time of his death
feel pretty robbed tbh!
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 April 2020 13:58 (four years ago) link
Really really should have remembered to vote. For Marteau sans maitre.
― ascai, Thursday, 2 April 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
I’ve just realised that Shostakovich 11 (Year 1905) was omitted even from the Hon mentions. Outrage. I was saving my Shosty vote for that. Harrumph.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
Sorry, Shosty may well be my favourite composer on some days but I can’t stomach the 11th and the 12th. God knows I’ve tried.
― Publius Covidius Naso (pomenitul), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
looove the first movement, can take or leave the rest
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
i like the 12th
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
Haha, tbh, rereading my own old paper, I had to review what some of those set theory concepts were. :\
― Sund4r, Friday, 3 April 2020 04:31 (four years ago) link
I read as much as I conceivably could of your article, Sund4r, and it reminded me that I am but a rank amateur when it comes to this stuff! I know enough to grasp the overall premise, but your analysis is several magnitudes of complexity and insight beyond my meagre musicological – and mathematical – understanding.
― Publius Covidius Naso (pomenitul), Saturday, 4 April 2020 13:13 (four years ago) link
It was more technical/arcane than I remembered tbh. The math that you need to be able to read and apply pitch class set theory is mostly just arithmetic, though, really.
― Sund4r, Saturday, 4 April 2020 21:41 (four years ago) link