Greatness in Music

[Karl Henning]

A blogger suggests what Greatness in Music is.

[Ten thumbs]

A blogger suggests what Greatness in Music is.

This is very reasonable really but it does suggest another category, viz - Might have been great music - if it had ever had the chance to enter the public consciousness.

[Karl Henning]

Bump!   

And bump some more!

An opinion piece in The New York Times, "Mozart VS. The Beatles":

But the danger for many of us is that love of popular art is so easy, so comfortable, so insisted on by our commercialized environment that the less accessible world of high art is ignored.

[Florestan]

And bump some more!

An opinion piece in The New York Times, "Mozart VS. The Beatles":

But the danger for many of us is that love of popular art is so easy, so comfortable, so insisted on by our commercialized environment that the less accessible world of high art is ignored.

From the above, this cartoon



Who's the guy, I wonder? Alfred Brendel? Maurizio Pollini? Arturo Benedetti-Michelangeli? Claudio Arrau?... 

[Karl Henning]

Not mad about the cartoon.

[Florestan]

Not mad about the cartoon.

Yes, it's utter rubbish and rather at odd with the content of the article.

This, instead, to which the article alludes --- is a gem.

[ibanezmonster]

Not mad about the cartoon.

Me, too.
And if you notice, the backgrounds don't make sense- there should be an orchestra behind him, rather than a curtain. He's driving home in the daylight, even though most concerts are at night.

[Karl Henning]

No greatness in that cartooning . . . .

[Parsifal]

Me, too.
And if you notice, the backgrounds don't make sense- there should be an orchestra behind him, rather than a curtain. He's driving home in the daylight, even though most concerts are at night.

It should be a Niel Diamond CD, since it was Niel Diamond to stole the melody from PC21 for is pop tune, Song Sung Blue.

[Karl Henning]

I can't begin to knowin'

[12tone.]

What's wrong with an afternoon concert?