What are you currently reading?

[Florestan]

I did literature character test one day and I got captain Ahab!

I did three different such tests. First, I got Tom Sawyer, then Jo March and thirdly Sherlock Holmes. 

[jlaurson]

Myself. Wohoo. My* first book has arrived from the printers!




(Co-authored, rather than translated [done] or solely authored [to do list])

[Ken B]

Myself. Wohoo. My* first book has arrived from the printers!




(Co-authored, rather than translated [done] or solely authored [to do list])

Woo hoo indeed! Congratulations.

[jlaurson]

Woo hoo indeed! Congratulations.

Thank you, Ken. Maybe something less morbid for your gray cat to read. 

[Yes, I know it's most probably not your cat.]

[Florestan]

Woo hoo indeed! Congratulations.

+1.

[Karl Henning]

Huzzah, Jens!

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Congratulations from me as well!

[HIPster]

Bravo!

Congratulations Jens.

Added to my wishlist. 

[jlaurson]

Bravo!

Congratulations Jens.

Added to my wishlist. 

That's very flattering, indeed. My contributions are mainly Braunfels, Saygun, Schoeck, Mittler, Zeisl and Shostakovich -- and re-doing or updating all the record recommendations. And trying to take the sting out of the anti-Schoenberg diatribe. :-)

[Karl Henning]

. . . And trying to take the sting out of the anti-Schoenberg diatribe. :-)

Rut-roh!

[aligreto]

Myself. Wohoo. My* first book has arrived from the printers!




(Co-authored, rather than translated [done] or solely authored [to do list])

Congratulations indeed. That is a fine achievement and you must be very proud 

[Bogey]

Just downloaded the sample.

Did not enjoy the premise after I started so went to my next one:

[André]

That's very flattering, indeed. My contributions are mainly Braunfels, Saygun, Schoeck, Mittler, Zeisl and Shostakovich -- and re-doing or updating all the record recommendations. And trying to take the sting out of the anti-Schoenberg diatribe. :-)

Bravo Jens!

[Florestan]

Saygun

Please name the one European composer he most closely resembles. TIA.

[Kontrapunctus]

She is one of my favorite crime fiction writers. Her novels are gritty, and at times, not for the faint of heart.

[jlaurson]

Myself. Wohoo. My* first book has arrived from the printers!




(Co-authored, rather than translated [done] or solely authored [to do list])

That's very flattering, indeed. My contributions are mainly Braunfels, Saygun, Schoeck, Mittler, Zeisl and Shostakovich -- and re-doing or updating all the record recommendations. And trying to take the sting out of the anti-Schoenberg diatribe. :-)

Please name the one European composer he most closely resembles. TIA.

Is that a joke? Or a test?  [see attached]

I'm not sure, because superficially, the answer is very, very obvious. But of course looking at it just a little beneath the surface, there are tremendous differences. Still, if you like one you'll like the other.

[Florestan]

Is that a joke? Or a test? 

Neither. 

I have never heard one note of Saygun´s music and I just wanted to know what to expect. I like Bartok so I´ll try Saygun too. Thanks.

[Ken B]

The Invention of Science
D Wooton

A new, rather scholarly, history of the scientific revolution. A corrective to Kuhn.

[jlaurson]

Neither. 

I have never heard one note of Saygun´s music and I just wanted to know what to expect. I like Bartok so I´ll try Saygun too. Thanks.

then you will LOVE the string quartets!

[Daverz]

Neither. 

I have never heard one note of Saygun´s music and I just wanted to know what to expect. I like Bartok so I´ll try Saygun too. Thanks.

I also hear hints of  Kodaly and Shostakovich.