This Week in Classical Music: June 14, 2021.Short takes 2.We’re on a brief hiatus so this is going to be very short.On the 17th, there are two anniversaries, that of the French composer Charles Gounod, who was born in 1818, and that of Igor Stravinsky, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.Edvard Grieg was born on June 15th of 1843.We feel bad that practically every year we somehow evade his birthday, having written just two partial entries about him thru all these years, putting him on par with Jacques Offenbach, who was also born this week, on June 20th of 1819.Clearly, Grieg deserves better.Maybe in two years, when he turns 180…
We promise a much more interesting entry next week, part of which will be dedicated to a misattributed portrait of a pretty famous Italian composer – misattributed not just by us but by several major musical sources.Also, we’ll write about a book on the state of classical music in our turbulent times: diverse opinions featured together, distinct approaches, and very different value systems, all in one volume.The cultural revolution is still marching on, if possibly at a slower pace, so we must keep up with it.Cheers and till next week.
Short Takes 2, June 2021
This Week in Classical Music: June 14, 2021. Short takes 2. We’re on a brief hiatus so this is going to be very short. On the 17th, there are two anniversaries, that of the French composer
Charles Gounod, who was born in 1818, and that of Igor Stravinsky, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Edvard Grieg was born on June 15th of 1843. We feel bad that practically every year we somehow evade his birthday, having written just two partial entries about him thru all these years, putting him on par with Jacques Offenbach, who was also born this week, on June 20th of 1819. Clearly, Grieg deserves better. Maybe in two years, when he turns 180…
We promise a much more interesting entry next week, part of which will be dedicated to a misattributed portrait of a pretty famous Italian composer – misattributed not just by us but by several major musical sources. Also, we’ll write about a book on the state of classical music in our turbulent times: diverse opinions featured together, distinct approaches, and very different value systems, all in one volume. The cultural revolution is still marching on, if possibly at a slower pace, so we must keep up with it. Cheers and till next week.