Bernard Gregoire ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Charles Ives was right about symphony audiences, they are nothing but
>Namby Pamby's.

As a regular attendee of symphony concerts i take exception to this
blanket dismissal.

>All "Rollos," indeed!  (You may remember the apocryphal
>Ives story about Rollo the plumber who visited Ives' home while he was
>composing.  Rollo complained about the noises emanating from the piano.
>In reply Ives barked "...Rollo, take your dissonance's like a man")

Wasn't this story (often cited as apocryphal) supposed to have occurred
during the premiere of something by Ruggles (SunTreader?) and ives remark
was directed at a complaining audience member?

Deryk Barker
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