Friday, March 25, 2005
Up/Down/Aroundtown
For me this is a non-issue. Following is one anecdote, and a final observation on the subject.
Anecdote: In 1990 I entered a piece in the Friends and Enemies of New Music composer competition ( a trio, DANCE/INNER DANCE). When I got the call to say it had won, I was also told wryly that my piece posed a problem for the competition administrators:
Two judging panels had been set up, one for Uptown composers, the other for Downtown folks -- and it was assumed that each would pick a piece according to preferred stylistic orientation, and that two winning works would duke it out at the concert.
But both sets of judges picked my trio -- so no resultant 'wrestling match'.
Observation:
What counts in music ultimately is the 'stuff' of it, not how it's said. Excellence in content, shapely realization, and fitting its chosen time-frame well are paramount. The style/manner has to gibe with the intent -- but it's the CONtent that counts.
Like Lawrence Dillon, I'll now say no more on this subject.
posted by Judith Lang Zaimont
10:29 AM
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