tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post113723429954077595..comments2009-01-30T15:45:58.245ZComments on On An Overgrown Path: Shostakovich saturates - Schumann awaitsPliablenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1137455130977904262006-01-16T23:45:30.976Z2006-01-16T23:45:30.976Zpopular interest in the Russian composer was "infl...<I>popular interest in the Russian composer was "influenced by the autobiographical dimension of his music". A modish enthusiasm for him was bound to be short-lived, suggested Boulez, for the music itself was just "third-pressing Mahler"</I><BR/><BR/>I love Pierre Boulez, good for him for saying that about the utterly mediocre Shostakovich's music.Henry Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974183346009807659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1137247769459768322006-01-14T14:09:29.460Z2006-01-14T14:09:29.460ZAnd of course there is Clara Schumann, wife of Rob...And of course there is Clara Schumann, wife of Robert, and no mean composer and pianist in her own right. <BR/><BR/>2006 is the 110th anniversary of her death.Pliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com