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Two short essays on Euro News Website

Posted on November 3, 2021 by John

  https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/10/the-two-layers-of-western-society-view   https://www.euronews.com/2020/02/10/europe-the-cultural-argument-view      

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The modernity of revival

Posted on September 2, 2021May 27, 2022 by John

The idea, that it is possible for new music in the West to connect with the great European/Western repertoire on a fundamental level, is a new one and – in the context of the developments of new music in the past half century – a radical one. Comparable aesthetics from the past which come to…

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For further reading

Posted on February 26, 2021 by John

Visitors, interested in somewhat longer articles, will find a list when they type ‘texts’ in the search function at the bottom of the front page. There will be a separate button for this list in the near future.  

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Deep Listening

Posted on January 22, 2021 by John

Classical music is surrounded by a thick wall of brain activity: an extensive world of analysis and research; a history still being investigated in the remotest corners; an educational field rife with scholarly publications and manuals; a recording science capable of closely imitating the experience of live concerts; a record industry where millions (still) go…

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Revival?

Posted on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 by John

Given the state of contemporary culture, the idea of a revival of classical, tonal music may seem to be a rather cavalier idea, and without much perspective of succeeding. But often it is exactly the dissatisfaction with the times which inspires the search for a better alternative: Someone then might say: “What is all this,…

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