Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ucbvax!cuccia 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 Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8498 Posted: Tue Jun 25 22:23:47 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 04:38:23 EDT References: <2843@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: cuccia@ucbvax.UUCP (Nick "Coosh" Cuccia) Organization: Insanity Unlimited Lines: 35 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --Nick "Coosh" Cuccia --{...}!ucbvax!cuccia (USENET) --cuccia%ucbmiro@Berkeley (Arpanet) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The University wouldn't dare say some of the things that I say.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^