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Josef Holbrooke Grasshopper

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« on: October 30, 2014, 08:50:20 pm »

I should have mentioned the source of my post. My apologies for this! I actually do quite like some of Holbrooke's music;but then again I quite like Scott,another composer who doesn't seem to attract allot of posts on these message boards. I do think his best music has a sound world of it's own,if you take the time to get to know it,or have the inclination! Not that I've heard much of his 'best music',considering some of his supposedly finest achievements remain unrecorded or only available in the form of extracts. Having said that,he obviously doesn't have the individuality of a Bax or the fluency of Bantock. At best his approach to orchestration strikes me as eccentric and even amateurish. He also strikes me as having a very poor sense of structure. I must admit I regard even some of the better examples of his work as a bit of a curates egg to say the least. That said,there is an odd,garish,often gothic imagination and atmosphere to his muse that usually maintains my attention........when I'm in the right mood!! ;D
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