The AMS is this weekend—in Philadelphia. Great City, I can’t wait to see a few old friends, and maybe meet new ones. The program is, well, really odd. Of course Weber is not on it anywhere, but neither is Bach. There is no real new study of Beethoven, or Brahms. In fact, Jimi Hendrix gets more coverage than Bach, Beethoven and Brahms combined. Now I am a fan of Hendrix–but really. I can play most of his songs (not with my tongue) but I’m not sure that I am interested in hearing about them (or any more of their cultural context). But that’s just me. I’m not saying that it shouldn’t be there, just that I’m not interested. Frankly, I’d like to hear papers on Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.
But I have to go to it. There are people there that I really want to see, and good things too. There is a Schumann and Mendelssohn session. Good ‘ole Zoe is giving a lecture on Saturday. There seems to be some really interesting Medieval and Renaissance papers too.
In F.N. we are doing Stravinsky, so here is a little cubism to make your night….
Roger-Noël-François de La Fresnaye, Sitzender Mann.
Also, the composer’s website for the day:
I went to Brandeis with Jeremy. Check out his Stratum, (sample on his site), it sounds excellent on my LENOVO SPEAKERS. See ya soon y’all!
The Medieval and Renaissance sessions were awesome. Some very interesting stuff going on.
That’s great! I thought it was really nice that early music was so well represented!