On Mar 29, 2006, at 5:27 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
the general level of music literacy among those who were musically
literate was higher in 1960 than it is today
No, I think it was 100% both then and now ;-
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
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On Mar 29, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Irving Berlin's arrangements are pretty good because he had hired an arranger to help him compose his songs.
According to the admittedly flawed recent biography As Thousands Cheer, by Laurence Bergreen, Berlin hired not an arranger but an
Chuck Israels noted the poor quality of songbooks post 1960 (I
mistakenly deleted his posting so I can't quote it).
I realize that he was talking about recent publications of old
standards, not of recent music, but I thought it would be worth
mentioning that piano-vocal publications of rock
At 3/30/2006 11:38 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Mar 29, 2006, at 5:27 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
the general level of music literacy among those who were musically
literate was higher in 1960 than it is today
No, I think it was 100% both then and now ;-
Define musically literate.
I
On Mar 30, 2006, at 11:44 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Mar 29, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Irving Berlin's arrangements are pretty good because he had hired an arranger to help him compose his songs.
According to the admittedly flawed recent biography As Thousands Cheer, by
On Mar 30, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
Chuck Israels noted the poor quality of songbooks post 1960 (I
mistakenly deleted his posting so I can't quote it).
I realize that he was talking about recent publications of old
standards, not of recent music,
Yes, that's what I meant,
On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Phil Daley wrote:
the general level of music literacy has declined
In my experience, in my lifetime, this is an understatement.
Chuck
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On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:Having worked this way with composers before, I can relate. Sometimes there actually ARE more sophisticated harmonies implied in the melody, but the composer is unable to realise them properly. Who is the composer really, in that case? I have
Chuck Israels wrote:
On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Phil Daley wrote:
the general level of music literacy has declined
In my experience, in my lifetime, this is an understatement.
and since I grew up listening to Chuck (no offense meant!) the fact that
it has got worse in my
Dear Chuck...
THANK YOU for those comments on (mis)interpretation of popular song...I have
pasted them in several locations (with your name redacted) for people to see.
Jim
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At 9:44 AM -0800 3/30/06, Chuck Israels wrote:
On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:27 AM, Phil Daley wrote:
the general level of music literacy has declined
In my experience, in my lifetime, this is an understatement.
OK, folks. Before this descends any further into incoherence, it
really is
Friends,
In the interest of accuracy and precision, let me clarify by restating
what I meant when I wrote:
and the general level of music literacy among those who were musically
literate was higher in 1960 than it is today, when for too many, the
pinnacle of music literacy is knowing how to
My statements:
This is not absolutely true here in Europe (Switzerland)
More kids learn to play an instrument (than in the sixties)
piano players play more boogie woogies and pop instead of classical
music. Sight reading and musical understanding is detoriating.
guitar players play more
Hi Chuck,
Here's the revised annotation file will all characters tweaked.
I have some more testing to do, but this might save you some time.
Bill
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Hi Chuck,
Here's the revised annotation file will all characters tweaked.
I have some more testing to do, but this might
On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Having worked this way with composers before, I can relate. Sometimes
there actually ARE more sophisticated harmonies implied in the melody,
but the composer is unable to realise them properly. Who is the
composer really, in that case? I
At 8:26 PM -0800 3/30/06, Mark D Lew wrote:
I think one's attitude toward such a relationship depends on the
individuals involved. I once collaborated with a songwriter who did
as you describe: He wrote beautiful melodies which were very
expressive of his texts, with sophisticated
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