Classical vs. Pop [vs. the Rest]
There’s a phrase in post-colonial criticism and politics that essentially states that the overriding dichotomy is the “West vs.the Rest.” One of the things that strikes me about discussions (in […]
Tag Archives: Japan
“…he has no European blood in his veins to make sense of our European repertoire…”
The quote in the title is from a comment made by a poster to a recent article in Slate about the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s current search for a new conductor […]
to create or to copy
I was reminded of a quote I’ve often posted in various online forum debates about originality in music. Here’s the blurb from an old issue of the Theatre Symposium journal–the […]
The perils of having only one hammer in your toolbox
Damn–so I wasn’t thinking that post comments didn’t allow the “blockquote” html tag. So rather than going back and changing all those to “em”s i decided to be lazy and […]
