He'll be missed, but the music will live on: http://flickr.com/photos/cypod/2094889566/
On Dec 11, 2007 5:15 AM, Andy Farnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Siriusly though... > > I seem to recall Newton was something of an occultist. Einstein > and many other scientists share beliefs in supernatural entities. > Does that really effect the value of their work? > > By all accounts Stockhausen was an arrogant man, which perhaps > explains his clumbsy explanations due to unwillingness to research > and study others. > > But, whatever you think of the man and his ravings, the work stands > on its merits because it confirms hypotheses and has predictive utility. > That makes it science. Probably more so than Art imho. > > What kinda makes him great, but also a bit sad, is what he achieved was > in isolation, like many who fall into the cracks between the pillars > of established thought. > > andy > > > > > > > On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:41:32 +0100 > Yvan Vander Sanden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Andy Farnell wrote: > > > Of course he will always be remembered as an avant garde composer, > > > but much of Stockhausens greatness is missed by artists who saw him as > > > a pseudo-scientist and scientists who dismissed him as an artist. > > > He was both at different times. A lack of rigor and precise voclabulary > > > hides his contribution to psychoacoustics, he basically provided > > > experimental support to Gabors theories, yet he is not mentioned once > > > in critcal textbooks like McAdams and Bigand. > > > > > And of coruse we must not forget he came from sirius to explain us all > > that :-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > -- > Use the source > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
