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zamyrabyrd

Favorite foods of classical composers
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

aligreto


Ken B

Quote from: zamyrabyrd on January 04, 2017, 02:31:18 AM
Favorite foods of classical composers
Stockhausen: the ears of audience members, raw.

SharpEleventh

Need some complicated obfuscation with Perfect Intervals

zamyrabyrd

"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

aligreto

Pieces that you have blown up recently

vandermolen

Five favourite works which do not include a wind machine.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

aligreto


vandermolen

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).


aligreto


Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

zamyrabyrd

Quote from: vandermolen on January 11, 2017, 12:05:08 AM
Five favourite works which do not include a wind machine.

Five works that do not include a theremin.
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."

― Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

aligreto


NikF

What are you currently kneading?
"You overestimate my power of attraction," he told her. "No, I don't," she replied sharply, "and neither do you".

Mirror Image

Shoelace colors that match the color magenta.

XB-70 Valkyrie

Your top five favorite ticks and/or pops in your LP collection.
If you really dislike Bach you keep quiet about it! - Andras Schiff

vandermolen

Quote from: aligreto on January 12, 2017, 08:06:41 AM
Excellent!  8)
Glad you liked it! Hope you noticed that the cover image cat perfectly matched the dark glasses smiley face ( 8))
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

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Comparative timings for completely different works, for example Vaughan Williams's 'The Lark Ascending' (16.27 new Naxos recording) and Bruckner's Ninth Symphony (63.09 Abbado DGG).
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

Quote from: sanantonio on January 19, 2017, 02:53:35 AM
Starting a new thread without checking to see if there already is one.
One of my specialities. ::)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).