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From: cuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick "Coosh" Cuccia)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: ives
Message-ID: <8498@ucbvax.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 22:23:47 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 22:23:47 1985
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Organization: Insanity Unlimited
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Keywords: Choral music (!= crap), Hindemuth

In article <2843@decwrl.UUCP> janzen@pipa.DEC (Thomas E. J. LMO4/B5 279-5421 ECL Test) writes:
>Charles Ives wrote many fine works.  The best work is his First Sonata, which
>is the source book of riffs for modern Jazz pianists.

Well, maybe, but Stravinsky and Debussy figure pretty high up there,
too.  

>The choral stuff is crap.

Hmmm...  Depends on your point-of-view, I guess, just as anything else
does.  I happen to think, having sung several Ives pieces during the
past eight years, that his choral music is some of the most interesting
and difficult music to sing and listen to...  Some pieces, such as
_Circus Band_ (which, even with its 3-against-2 final section, is 
relatively 'tame' for Ives), are fun to listen to, while his Psalms
take a lot of effort.  If I were offered with a choice of listening
to two hours of Ives' choral music -vs- two hours of Philip Glass,
I'd take thhe Ives by a long shot.

But, then again, I'd take Paul Hindemuth's and Ralph Vaughan Williams'
choral works over all..  I'd rather hear melodies/harmonies that en-
hance, rather than overwhelm, the lyrics.

Is anybody out there doing any Hindemuth?  I'd like to hear about
it...

>Thomas E. Janzen DEC Marlboro MA

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