Poll
Question:
Who do you prefer? Allowed up to three votes.
Option 1: Barber
votes: 13
Option 2: Schuman
votes: 9
Option 3: Carter
votes: 5
Option 4: Piston
votes: 6
Option 5: Thomson
votes: 0
Option 6: Harris
votes: 2
Option 7: Still
votes: 0
Option 8: Persichetti
votes: 0
Option 9: Mennin
votes: 2
Option 10: Creston
votes: 1
Option 11: Diamond
votes: 8
Option 12: Bernstein
votes: 6
Option 13: Hovhaness
votes: 2
Option 14: Feldman
votes: 6
Option 15: Cage
votes: 2
Option 16: Babbitt
votes: 3
Option 17: Sessions
votes: 1
Option 18: Ruggles
votes: 3
Who do you prefer? Allowed up to three votes.
Sammy thinks it would be a fine idea to add Copland. ;D
Quote from: Sammy on April 16, 2012, 08:01:31 PM
Sammy thinks it would be a fine idea to add Copland. ;D
Then Sammy should look at the first poll simply titled
Showdown In America: Copland vs. Ives vs. Gershwin. :)
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 17, 2012, 06:47:04 AM
Then Sammy should look at the first poll simply titled Showdown In America: Copland vs. Ives vs. Gershwin. :)
Okay. Sammy's memory isn't as good as it used to be. :)
If I am allowed only one vote: Feldman
If I am allowed only two votes: add Carter
Since I am allowed three votes, I considered Diamond, Cage, but decided on Mennin.
Schuman, Piston and Diamond.
Henning will be one of the choices in Part III...
Quote from: springrite on April 17, 2012, 09:25:12 AM
If I am allowed only one vote: Feldman
If I am allowed only two votes: add Carter
Since I am allowed three votes, I considered Diamond, Cage, but decided on Mennin.
Our first- and second-place votes match (but in the opposite order)! For my third vote, I considered Mennin and Ruggles but went with Babbitt. (Ruggles might have come out ahead if he had written more...)
Barber, Schuman, Bernstein
Sarge
Partch? Cowell? Hanson?
I voted for Bernstein and Barber. :)
Quote from: Lisztianwagner on April 17, 2012, 12:19:24 PM
I voted for Bernstein and Barber. :)
Add Babbitt and you'd have the American Three B's
Voted for Bernstein, Barber, and even though I know so little of his music, Schuman.
I still need to explore a few of the composers on this list.
Barber, Hovhaness and Feldman :)
Quote from: springrite on April 17, 2012, 12:21:29 PM
Add Babbitt and you'd have the American Three B's
:)
I'm afraid I have to improve my knowledge of the other composers included in the list.
Schuman and Barber were almost automatic votes from me but when it came to a third vote I went with Diamond because I'm still highly impressed with his symphonies. Ask for my third choice on another day and I probably would have went with Piston.
What, no Griffes??
Mennin, Diamond and yes, Creston.
Creston is very underrated here, it seems. No other American composer had his rhythmic inventiveness and drive.
But then again, I am drawn to rhythmic energy while others aren't, so...
Also, that list is definitely missing George Rochberg, and perhaps Morton Gould.
Ruggles & Piston, let's say Diamond for third vote.
Carl Ruggles was great, but it's almost impossible to find his music in good quality, aside from Sun-Treader and Men and Mountains. He also did not write much at all, unfortunately.
Quote from: Elnimio on May 04, 2012, 09:22:37 AM
Carl Ruggles was great, but it's almost impossible to find his music in good quality, aside from Sun-Treader and Men and Mountains. He also did not write much at all, unfortunately.
Tilson Thomas' Buffalo recordings had just been released on CD, for the first time I believe.
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How's the sound quality?
Quote from: Elnimio on May 04, 2012, 09:39:56 AM
How's the sound quality?
Don't know, haven't bought the CD set yet, it's just been released.
I still have LP transfers loudav did for avant-garde project. They sound pretty good to my ears, and still can be downloaded for free, try for yourself:
http://archive.org/details/agp167
Quote from: Elnimio on May 04, 2012, 09:39:56 AM
How's the sound quality?
The audio quality is great. For the Ruggles fan, this is an essential acquisition IMHO.
Quote from: Sammy on April 16, 2012, 08:01:31 PM
Sammy thinks it would be a fine idea to add Copland. ;D
He's boring the neighbours for about 4 years now with his polls/ games. :'(
Difficult to choose but, if pushed I'd have to say:
Harris (he's not very popular on the forum is he?)
Diamond
Barber or Bernstein
I like Ruggles and some Cage, haven't heard much, if any, of the others yet.
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 13, 2022, 07:12:06 AM
I like Ruggles and some Cage, haven't heard much, if any, of the others yet.
Ruggles is fantastic! Give a listen to the 2-CD set from Tilson Thomas of the complete works. I bought it years ago, but it's long been OOP. If you're a streamer, I'm sure you can find it.
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 13, 2022, 07:35:45 AM
Ruggles is fantastic! Give a listen to the 2-CD set from Tilson Thomas of the complete works. I bought it years ago, but it's long been OOP. If you're a streamer, I'm sure you can find it.
I downloaded it from archive.org :P
Quote from: steve ridgway on March 13, 2022, 09:34:54 AM
I downloaded it from archive.org :P
What's the fidelity of archive.org? AAC? Mp3? High bitrates?
Quote from: Mirror Image on March 13, 2022, 07:54:39 PM
What's the fidelity of archive.org? AAC? Mp3? High bitrates?
People upload in a number of formats from low bitrate MP3 to 24 bit / 96 kHz FLAC and sometimes both MP3 and FLAC. The Ruggles was in FLAC. A lot of uploads are from vinyl of various degrees of wear. What gives me the most work though is splitting works where there are just FLACs for "Side 1" and "Side 2", and actually identifying the recordings by comparing with Discogs listings.