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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 00:31:45, 26-10-2007 »
.... he's been praised by Norman Lebrecht.  Shocked

http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/071024-NL-reel.html

Can Korngold's reputation cope with this calamity? Wink
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« Reply #1 on: 13:30:44, 26-10-2007 »
FWIW I don't set great store by the words of NL (No offence intended, Pim Derks).
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What it cannot do is heal the schism that Korngold left behind – a seismic faultline in the musical process that has prevented the best classical composers from engaging seriously with the cinema, the most popular art form of our time.
Who does he mean by "the best classical composers"? Mark Anthony Turnedge? Harrison Birtwistle? I'm sure that the willingness of Joe Public to listen to music by John Williams and Danny Elfman says more about the accessibility of their music than the opinion of a critic who seems to suffer from tunnel vision. Is he dismissing composers like Vaughan-Williams, Britten, or Walton? all of whom wrote music for movies.
As I see it, Korngold, as one of the first composers to write music for the new recording technology, had the unenviable task of blazing a trail, developing new skills and laying foundations for the artists who would follow.
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seismic faultline in the musical process
, wouldn't a "Mind the gap" sign take care of that?
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« Reply #2 on: 17:15:58, 26-10-2007 »
Quote from: Kittybriton on 13:30:44, 26-10-2007
FWIW I don't set great store by the words of NL (No offence intended, Pim Derks).
In NL's words,
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What it cannot do is heal the schism that Korngold left behind – a seismic faultline in the musical process that has prevented the best classical composers from engaging seriously with the cinema, the most popular art form of our time.
Who does he mean by "the best classical composers"? Mark Anthony Turnedge? Harrison Birtwistle? I'm sure that the willingness of Joe Public to listen to music by John Williams and Danny Elfman says more about the accessibility of their music than the opinion of a critic who seems to suffer from tunnel vision. Is he dismissing composers like Vaughan-Williams, Britten, or Walton? all of whom wrote music for movies.
As I see it, Korngold, as one of the first composers to write music for the new recording technology, had the unenviable task of blazing a trail, developing new skills and laying foundations for the artists who would follow.
As for the
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seismic faultline in the musical process
, wouldn't a "Mind the gap" sign take care of that?

Seismic faultline? It's obvious from the name "Lebrecht" that foreigners don't understand our native nuances (silly man). The last time I came across a "faultline" was sommert to do with Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful. But I won't say what, 'cos this "Ollie" might object.
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