fasstrack Posted October 9, 2012 Report Posted October 9, 2012 Subtitle is An Anthology by Richard Lewis (no, not the comedian, silly. He's evidently quite prolific-and from what I can tell alive at around 79). I just found this and it seems a gem, and still available at amazon. Quotes musing on the joys, curative power, and other meanings of music from ancient to more modern poets, the Psalms, composers like Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy (alright, so it's Eurocentric. What wasn't in 1963?). Nice to see a book of praise rather than criticism for a change-and by such sharp cookies! Beautifully illustrated, too, though the credits are unclear. My favorite quote so far: 'The study of the history of music and the hearing of masterworks of different epochs will speediest of all cure you of vanity and self-adoration.' Robert Schumann, Aphorisms Inspirational stuff. Quote
fasstrack Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Posted October 10, 2012 On p. 69 Debussy says he wasn't sure he could do a good job composing music for a couple's wedding nuptials because 'I've been living in sin with music for too long...' Oh that Monsieur Claude. A regular cut-up in a monacle. Quote
JSngry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 (alright, so it's Eurocentric. What wasn't in 1963?). Is this a trick question? Quote
fasstrack Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Posted October 10, 2012 (alright, so it's Eurocentric. What wasn't in 1963?). Is this a trick question? Ha. No. Um, I THINK... Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 (alright, so it's Eurocentric. What wasn't in 1963?). Is this a trick question? No, a statement of fact: - Beatles and upcoming Beatlemania - Concurrent final death of real rock'n'roll after even the teen idols like Avalon, Rydell etc. had exchausted their "steam" (whatever "steam" they ever had) - Blues notables turning increasingly to the "folk blues" festivals and club circuits in Europe - Wholesale emigration of a not so negligible number of jazzmen to Europe Yes I am biased and this is only part of the musical picture but still ... Quote
JSngry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Posted October 10, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDLmpcI0lY&feature=related 1961, but still.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO1qnP6tpak 1963: African states unite against white rule http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/25/newsid_2502000/2502771.st And so forth. What wasn't Eurocentric in 1963? Plenty. DUH. For that matter... Quote
fasstrack Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Posted October 10, 2012 No, a statement of fact: - Blues notables turning increasingly to the "folk blues" festivals and club circuits in Europe - Wholesale emigration of a not so negligible number of jazzmen to Europe Yes I am biased and this is only part of the musical picture but still ... Actually things turned around for blues notables a scant 5 years later when Mike Bloomfield did the right thing and introduced B.B. King as the 'world's greatest blues guitarist' at the Fillmore West. The white kids went nuts and soon B.B., Albert King and others were outta the chitlin' circuit and making a better dollar in crossover venues. Anyway those 2 years-1968-1970, before it came crashing down w/the deaths of Hendrix and Joplin were an amazing period of cross-pollenization in 'pop', jazz aside but sometimes included and definitely revered. There was actual fusion going on before the term was used descriptively or commercially. Quote
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