Re: [MMM] Charles Ives "living"

This is absurd!. Didn't Ives keep his "day job" when he composed. They want
to reward/help artists and the first thing they do is try to tell them what
to do!

jpehrson2 wrote:

> --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "prentrodgers" <prentrodgers@a...> wrote:
>
> /makemicromusic/topicId_1406.html#1543
>
> > --- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., "Jonathan M. Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...>
> wrote:
> > According to http://www.ascap.com/playback/1998/march/bresnick.html
> > the award was not the MacArthur award.
> >
> > "American Academy of Arts and Letters... notified Bresnick that he
> > had just been named the winner of an unprecedented award in music
> > composition, the Charles Ives Living, a $225,000 prize that would
> be
> > given in three annual installments of $75,000. The only catch was
> > that Bresnick would have to give up his day job for three years and
> > devote himself completely to writing music."
> >
> > Nice.
> >
> > Prent Rodgers
> > Mercer Island, WA
> > Sun Break!
> >
> >
>
> Sorry. My mistake. Thanks Prent. The "Charles Ives Living" is, I
> believe, a "newer" grant. Half as much.
>
> My guess is that Charles Ives could have "lived" on that quite well
> himself, although I guess in the currency of former times he probably
> did even *better* than that... :)
>
> JP
>

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

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--- In MakeMicroMusic@y..., Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...> wrote:

/makemicromusic/topicId_1548.html#1548

> This is absurd!. Didn't Ives keep his "day job" when he composed.
They want
> to reward/help artists and the first thing they do is try to tell
them what
> to do!
>

You're right, Kraig. This is wild. I didn't realize the
ridiculousness of it until you pointed it out...

JP

ATTENTION!

NEW CHARLES IVES SIGHTING!

http://www.anaphoria.com//IvesinEgypt.JPEG

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm