[NewMusic] Essential texts?

[Matthew Goodheart]

On Dec 20, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Phillip Greenlief wrote:

> I've read part of that book on Bach, and yeah - totally "appropriate" 
> to
> this discussion. That's (part of) the problem: if you see "other" music
> as something you don't need to check out just because it doesn't sound
> like your music - you're missing the point. As far as I'm concerned,
> there is no "this" music - only music.

I've lectured a couple times on the finale movement of the first 
Brandenburg, based on Marissen's analysis of the first. Man. . . when 
the whole picture started to come together. . . I still almost weep, 
really. And had a huge effect on how I thought about all music, my own 
included.

The problem is that I'm now totally dissatisfied with any performance 
of it; they change things to "spice it up" and totally miss the point. 
The exception is the Hogwood version.


> Can I borrow that Tenney text sometime? I just ordered another of his
> titles and that shit is expensive...

Anytime. It's really a dense book. . . a trudge sometimes.

mg