I'm listening to a collection of his string quartets, and they're damn' fine, but every time I tell my lady wife this she for some reason starts treating me with even less respect than usual.
Actually, I think it's very sad: simply because of his name, almost no one in the English-speaking world listens to his music, which is pretty good. I've been listening to some of his string quartets on free.napster, and plan to buy the CD next time I'm feeling flush.
Sounds like a great name for a punk band, though. I can imagine them looking innocently at the enraged questioners and saying "but he was a composer..."
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Date: 2010-02-23 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-23 03:38 am (UTC)I'm listening to a collection of his string quartets, and they're damn' fine, but every time I tell my lady wife this she for some reason starts treating me with even less respect than usual.
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Date: 2010-02-23 04:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-23 01:15 pm (UTC)You probably know his work -- among the few! The name really is such a shame, because the stuff I've found of his is jolly nice.
I imagine in the nonanglophone countries of Europe he's better known than in the UK/US.
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Date: 2010-02-23 11:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-23 01:15 pm (UTC)Yes, tricky for yer average classical DJ . . .
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Date: 2010-02-23 01:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-23 01:53 pm (UTC)Actually, I think it's very sad: simply because of his name, almost no one in the English-speaking world listens to his music, which is pretty good. I've been listening to some of his string quartets on free.napster, and plan to buy the CD next time I'm feeling flush.
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Date: 2010-02-23 01:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-23 01:48 pm (UTC)Funny you should say that:
http://free.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=13106879
By the way, I'm planning to e-mail you shortly to pick your brains about something . . .
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Date: 2010-02-23 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-23 02:00 pm (UTC)Feel free to contact me whenever you like!
Will do. It's for some advice in connection with the stuff I'm doing for the new edn of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.