The Frogman:
Heated exchanges? You sure? :)
A couple of excerpts from the book.
"We would do well to avoid the notion that art is linear, and that,somehow it just keeps getting better as we go along. Certainly, art, and for us, music, gets different as it goes along."
"There is a reason why we turn to the paintings of Vermeer, the sculptures of Michelangelo,and the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, to name just a few, in search of truth and edification, and it has nothing to do with nostalgia for the past. Great art is timeless, and it speaks to us, directly and relevantly, across time."
He pointed out, while talking about art not being linear, "......Stravinsky and Schoenberg better than what came before? Obviously not."
He also said, the more we know, the better we hear. :) Sound familiar? I think you said that also.
He is speaking of Classical Western Music, or Composed Music as he calls it. But all he said applies equally to all genres.
We go back to Ellington, Mingus and Morgan,etc... for the same reason we go back to Bach, Beethoven, etc......
Great book. And I'm just on page nine. :)
Cheers
Heated exchanges? You sure? :)
A couple of excerpts from the book.
"We would do well to avoid the notion that art is linear, and that,somehow it just keeps getting better as we go along. Certainly, art, and for us, music, gets different as it goes along."
"There is a reason why we turn to the paintings of Vermeer, the sculptures of Michelangelo,and the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, to name just a few, in search of truth and edification, and it has nothing to do with nostalgia for the past. Great art is timeless, and it speaks to us, directly and relevantly, across time."
He pointed out, while talking about art not being linear, "......Stravinsky and Schoenberg better than what came before? Obviously not."
He also said, the more we know, the better we hear. :) Sound familiar? I think you said that also.
He is speaking of Classical Western Music, or Composed Music as he calls it. But all he said applies equally to all genres.
We go back to Ellington, Mingus and Morgan,etc... for the same reason we go back to Bach, Beethoven, etc......
Great book. And I'm just on page nine. :)
Cheers