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Title: America, the land of culture Post by: Neil McGowan on April 27, 2012, 02:19:29 pm A hopeless philistine country (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9230677/MIT-students-hurl-piano-off-university-roof.html)
Title: Re: America, the land of culture Post by: ahinton on April 27, 2012, 06:22:24 pm A hopeless philistine country (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9230677/MIT-students-hurl-piano-off-university-roof.html) Yet one that also gave us Roger Sessions and Elliott Carter...Title: Re: America, the land of culture Post by: Neil McGowan on April 28, 2012, 02:41:28 pm Well, yes. And several more. But there's still no excuse for wrecking playable pianos for fun.
Title: Re: America, the land of culture Post by: t-p on April 28, 2012, 03:11:41 pm Here is a list of Pulitzer price winners. I think they are Americans and can be on this thread. I hope I am right. I wonder what people think about this list.
I don't know many composers that got prizes lately. http://www.minotaurz.com/minotaur/articles/pulitzer.html Title: Re: America, the land of culture Post by: ahinton on April 28, 2012, 04:05:06 pm Well, yes. And several more. But there's still no excuse for wrecking playable pianos for fun. Agreed. It seems like no fun at all to me.Title: Re: America, the land of culture Post by: Neil McGowan on April 28, 2012, 08:55:02 pm Here is a list of Pulitzer price winners. I think they are Americans and can be on this thread. I hope I am right. I wonder what people think about this list. I don't know many composers that got prices lately. http://www.minotaurz.com/minotaur/articles/pulitzer.html That's an excellently amusing list. And rather wise too :) Title: Re: America, the land of culture Post by: t-p on April 28, 2012, 09:33:22 pm Here is composer David Del Tredeci explaining his music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pwLSTUnuNI He got Pulitzer prize in 1980. |