Re: a provocative question
| From: | Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 31, 2003, 23:15 |
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I dunno; I'll let Hanuman speak for himself, but he reminds me much more of Lou
Harrison than Philip Glass. Harrison was very eclectic in his sources, and
sought to wed East and West in his music (he was also a fan of Esperanto).
Those acquainted with Hanuman's conlanging aesthetic will see the similarities.
Dirk
At 2:30 PM -0600 3/31/03, Peter Clark wrote:
>On Monday 31 March 2003 02:31 pm, Jonathan Knibb wrote:
>> ...with which composer would you identify yourself?
> Truly an interesting question. Hmm...I would have to say Karl Orff: one hit
>wonder (Carmina Burana) that when it is good is really, really good, but most
>of the time it is mediocre or even awful.
> May I nominate Hanuman Zhang for the "Philip Glass" award? ;>
> :Peter
>--
>Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive!
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Dirk Elzinga Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu
"It is important not to let one's aesthetics interfere with the appreciation of
fact." - Stephen Anderson
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