tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post7039558741878969286..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Something abides; but not a frowning scoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-48305167776989427862012-07-06T13:35:34.203+01:002012-07-06T13:35:34.203+01:00What a terrific post, especially, " if he wro...What a terrific post, especially, " if he wrote music that expresses joy he would never have a career in music. Today existential angst rules". I've always steered clear of angsty music in favor of uplifting music, as angst and other negative emotions are all to easy to experience on their own (at least for me). <br /><br />Implicit the beginning, middle, end structure of so much Western music is the notion of catharsis. While aprreciating what that's all about, have never been convinced it's the only way to go. I've always avoided horror movies for the same reasons.Lyle Sanford, RMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312150272934828223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-55024808591321501672012-07-06T13:34:43.868+01:002012-07-06T13:34:43.868+01:00Does the score necessarily frown? It seems a shame...Does the score necessarily frown? It seems a shame to recruit Elliott Carter into the argument with that one reported comment. After all, even Roger Scruton admitted that Carter's Concerto for Orchestra "succeeds in turning an uncompromising modernism to the service of joy". I for one don't hear much angst in his music and certainly not in that of his late, late period.ghooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011169107333035448noreply@blogger.com