tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post3982085573902374765..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Clara Schumann versus Robert SchumannUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-16002490934083354532020-03-10T19:46:11.736+00:002020-03-10T19:46:11.736+00:00I agree, Pliable. Lots of scope to encourage today...I agree, Pliable. Lots of scope to encourage today's female performers and composers (I really enjoyed a work by Dobrinka Tabakova at the Proms last year) but I'm not wildly hopeful of discovering much truly world-class music by female composers from before the mid-late 20th Century. Although Lily Boulanger's early works suggest a great talent may have been lost.. mathias broucekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16231883003973609948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-47681293177735721612020-03-04T17:20:01.253+00:002020-03-04T17:20:01.253+00:00We must, however, also beware of a destructive bac...We must, however, also beware of a destructive backlash which could jeopardise much-needed reforms in gender equality and elsewhere. More diversity is unquestionably needed. But it must be reached via a middle way that avoids both uncritical advocacy and reactionary obstruction. Unfortunately uncritical advocacy - eg Clara Schumann as the greatest composer of all time - if unchecked may trigger such a backlash. Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-77673377490463733282020-03-04T17:12:20.509+00:002020-03-04T17:12:20.509+00:00The cult of diversity, along with identity politic...The cult of diversity, along with identity politics, is, in my opinion, the downward path to mediocrity and tokenism. We need music which is excellent, regardless of the gender or colour of those who wrote it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11442288082070898021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-12446115860933567032020-03-04T15:41:43.151+00:002020-03-04T15:41:43.151+00:00Mathias is correct. I have struggled with uneasy f...Mathias is correct. I have struggled with uneasy feelings generated by the rush of the crowd offering praise for work I found estimable yet flawed and lacking in professional execution. Such praise quickly becomes fulsome in the extreme and a corrective is in order. I suspect that such corrective will manifest in future performances that slow in frequency to the point that they will be relegated to a special day or time of year, which is perfect for those insisting upon tribal divisions in the arts.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520926883774598349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-32708287438692652182020-03-04T15:40:30.906+00:002020-03-04T15:40:30.906+00:00Mathias is correct. I have struggled with uneasy f...Mathias is correct. I have struggled with uneasy feelings generated by the rush of the crowd offering praise for work I found estimable yet flawed and lacking in professional execution. Such praise quickly becomes fulsome in the extreme and a corrective is in order. I suspect that such corrective will manifest in future performances that slow in frequency to the point that they will be relegated to a special day or time of year, which is perfect for those insisting upon tribal divisions in the arts.JMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520926883774598349noreply@blogger.com