Re: ¿La revolución informática realmente revolucionará la música? Linux Audio Conference 2007

[Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee Revell wrote:

> One post like this makes 1000 "how do I make JACK work" threads 
> worthwhile. 

Unless you've been around long enough to recognize its argument as a 
tired thread from the 1950s. Same old, same old, whether it's a critique 
of the Darmstadt composers, the post-Cage movement, or the later Soho 
musicians. For that matter, it read a lot like Henry Pleasants' old book 
against modern jazz.

Now if you really want to get into it, check out Slonimsky's "History Of 
Musical Invective", it's a compendium of the bad reviews received by 
famous composers. My favorite quote was from Max Reger, responding to an 
unhappy reviewer, something like: "Dear sir, I'm sitting in the smallest 
room of my house, reading your review. I have it before me now, but soon 
it will all be behind me." (Sorry, I don't have the book here.)

Best,

dp