tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post116526590556387833..comments2008-02-03T10:49:44.858ZPliablenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-65215299471850880152008-02-03T02:58:00.000Z2008-02-03T02:58:00.000ZIncidentally, the Carmelite order was restored in England in 1862 by a musician -- composer and pianist Hermann Cohen, a protégé of Liszt, later known as Père Augustin-Marie du Très Saint Sacrement. See http://pentiment.blogspot.com/2007/11/from-salon-to-carmel.html.Pentimentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161146891505294679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1138394182567718322007-02-02T07:46:00.000Z2007-02-02T07:46:00.000ZPoulenc is still not taken as seriously as he should be thanks to the serialist orthodoxy (I believe "serialist terror" is an amusing bit of hyperbole) that was predominant when he was composing. His music just gets better and better the longer I listen to it.sfmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-25530675078646253802007-02-02T02:54:00.000Z2007-02-02T02:54:00.000Z<i>Now that the serialist terror has passed, those of us who love Poulenc’s music can hold up our heads in the most sophisticated company</i><br /><br />Jesus wept. Yeah, Pierre Boulez saying some really nasty things about your music is the same as being dragged from your house in the middle night by minions of the state, thrown in prison and then guillotined a few days later after a kangaroo court.<br /><br />Jeebus, what sore winners the tonalists are! :-(Henry Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974183346009807659noreply@blogger.com