Classical Music for Aficionados

I welcome your thoughts about Satyagraha. 

*** I loathe no composers, or musicians, Ervin Nyiregyházi for example ,or any other musician 😊 even if i had my own taste, choices, or habits...Loathing reflect more about us than about the music itself....

And loving Glass dont impede my love for Mozart "Cozi fan tutte" for example... ***

An open mind to all music is the path to a deeper and more complete appreciation and understanding of the greatness of the truly great.

”The interest of the composer Philip Glass in Gandhi dates back to his first visit to India in 1966. In composing his second opera, Glass did not want to paint a historical portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Instead, his intention was to use Gandhi’s involvement in South Africa in the years between 1893 and 1914 as an outline of current global political and religious problems. In South Africa, Gandhi formulated his thesis of passive resistance and civil disobedience known as “Satyagraha” or “dedication to the truth” as a reaction to discriminatory governmental measures aimed against the Indian portion of the population, such as the deprivation of voting rights.”

here is another none line post you can write about it all you like.

There is two people here who publicly say they loathe Wagner and Liszt.
I happen to love both those composers for the music they wrote but I hate Wagner as a human being so am I wrong to say that now?

Thanks i will wrote about satyagraha tomorrow or in next few days...

I am fascinated also by the person of Akhnaten and also Gandhi and for sure Einstein...

What is surprizing also is the fact that Glass has written operas about Kepler and Galileo...

I am fascinated by Kepler, because he was a true master astrologer amd not only one of the greatest modern astronomer...
He is an extraordinary mix of the modern consciousness of the individuated separated "i " and of the consciousness of the past participating " I"...

I want to know how the composer resolved and express all this mix in his music writing....

For Gandhi satyagraha i feel before listening to it that the composer will use "hypnotic" influence of Indian classical music which i love dearly...

Some people think that music must continue to 'evolve'.  And this is true.  Most things do evolve.   However, 'evolve' does not mean 'get better'.

No genre that I am aware of has always gotten better.  Some, like Classical are performed at a higher level than they were previously, but this is due to better recording technology, better trained players / conductors, better instruments in general... etc  but the compositions are not getting better.   Same applies to Jazz, Rock, Pop, Blues, spirituals, and others.  Remember, the Bell Curve still rules.

BTW, I said Glass put me to sleep because it really did.  :)

Cheers

Also, remember The Frogman's First Law.