Rusty Banks

Note: All posters welcome, but this is aimed at a music appreciation class I teach. We’d love to hear from composers besides me, though. If this is the only topic you see posted, go to:

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Is the “Afro-American Symphony” an expression of the voice of Black America or just a happy face put on the extreme oppression they were experiencing.

Also: How about that Debussy? That Schoenberg? That Varese? So close (in time) yet so far away (in style). Who do you dig? Who don’t ya?

More important: Why?

I had a leading question about Crumb, Cage and Lutoslawski, but I decided the discussion has been so good that I didn’t want to limit possible topics.

Soooo”¦ What did you think of those guys?