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Regarding a recent performance of an apparently inane bit of work by
Pauline Oliveros, Kevin Sutton seethes:
>By the same token, what can we say of "musicians" who "specialize" in
>this kind of nonsense. Does it take a conservatory education and years
>of preparation to be able to zip and unzip your damned instrument case?
>Even if you can do it in some sort of tempo and rhythm, you're still an
>idiot to call it music.
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>I miss the days when composers wrote music, and musicians played it.
I realize Kevin is upset, but like many rants his comments are greatly
overstated. He seems to be taking the very existence of such work as a
personal affront and seems to be equating it with contemporary composition
in general. I think there are relatively few performances of this sort of
thing and I imagine that most of the people who attended had some idea of
what they were in for. Such music, or whatever you want to call it, is so
marginal that I really can't see what there is to get excited about. Maybe
Western Civilization is doomed, but I don't think Ms. Oliveros' role in
its destruction is very profound.
To suggest that there are no composers writing music for musicians to play
seems simply absurd.
Regards,
John Parker
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