Musical Literacy as Musical Legitimacy
While it would be ludicrous of me to consider myself hard-done-by in terms of access to opportunities and resources (the whole white Anglo-Saxon male thing leaves me little ground for […]
While it would be ludicrous of me to consider myself hard-done-by in terms of access to opportunities and resources (the whole white Anglo-Saxon male thing leaves me little ground for […]
In reading Leonard Meyer’s essay Meaning in Music and Information Theory, I was startled to find myself in agreement with his doomy assessment of the communicative capabilities of contemporary music. […]
The dramatic rise of recording technology in the 20th century had an enormous impact on the world of contemporary composition – presenting composers not only with the means to create […]
The works of Brian Ferneyhough have, over the past several decades, generated much controversy and have earned either the dedicated advocacy or passionate dissent of listeners, performers, and composers. Known, […]
While the act of musical composition has historically been a chore to define (the classical image of the white-maned recluse hunched over his desk has always been dubious at best), […]
Few pieces of music have succeeded in drawing me helplessly forward into their psychological environment more than The Beatles’ Strawberry Fields Forever. I remember my early fascinations with the works of […]