Art for Art’s Sake Revisited
One of my most widely read (and/or infamous) posts is Art for Art’s Sake: There’s No Such Thing. The thrust of that essay was that art always does something and is always for someone and … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-01-12
How all classical concerts should be
Dancing violinist! Pandemonium in the audience!
Here’s a story from my friend David Snead, formerly Vice President of Marketing, Brand and Customer Experience at the New York Philharmonic. And now President and CEO of the Handel and Haydn Society, the plainly terrific chorus and period instrument orchestra in Boston. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2016-01-12
Thought for Morton Feldman’s Birthday
As late as 1986, the year before his death, he confessed, “I have no complaints about my career, but I always wondered why it really doesn’t take hold.” … read more
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2016-01-12
“You can’t do what you want, but anything goes”
Wow – speaking of Julius Eastman and Morton Feldman, the SUNY Buffalo Music Library has made available the tape and a transcript of the speech John Cage made at June in Buffalo in 1975, when … read more
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2016-01-12
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