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some thoughts on the death of concert music

by Kurt Knecht | Jan 25, 2012 | arts, chiara quartet, haig mardirosian, kurt knecht, Lane Harder, Uncategorized

In his recent articles in The American Organist magazine, my friend Haig Mardirosian has been tackling the problem of poor concert attendance and the seeming demise of concert music. Haig always writes articles that are both thoughtful and urbane. (You can read some...

I care if you listen, but I don’t care if you can analyze

by Kurt Knecht | Jun 17, 2011 | aesthetics, Lane Harder, music composition, Uncategorized

  A few days ago on his excellent blog, Lane Harder brought up the interesting habit of contemporary composers listing the technical devices used in composition as a means of “introducing” their works to audiences.  You can read the post...

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