Category Archives: Aesthetics and Criticism
Matthew B. Tepper’s Berlioz Requiem Page
Hector Berlioz finished two of his most important compositions in 1837, one of them his immense and powerful Requiem. I … Continue reading
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Tagged berlioz, hector berlioz, matthew b tepper, requiem, tepper, university of minnesota
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In Defense of Music Critics
“Ignore what the critics say. No one ever made a statue of a critic.” So said Jean Sibelius to his … Continue reading
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Tagged composers, copland, music criticism, music history, schuman, sibelius
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Second-Guessing Old Compositions
Is it wise for a composer — even a great composer — to return to old compositions years later, to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruckner, Charles Ives, composers, George Lucas, Greedo, Han Solo, Ives, Lucas, music history, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov, Star Wars, Tchaikovsky
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Joe Paterno and Sports as Art
Joe Paterno had come up in my research on 1926 (he was born that year) months before his role in … Continue reading
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Tagged American culture, classical music podcast, composers, Joe Paterno, music history, Penn St., Sandusky
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Schoenberg’s Error?
With the discussion of Schoenberg in 1926, vol. 3, it seems appropriate to address the controversy surrounding his work. One … Continue reading
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Tagged 12-tone, classical music, schoenberg, serialism
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