Babbitt....

Think what you want about him, but this documentary is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_Zfpq3gqk

Thanks for this. I didn't know that he'd died. (Thought he'd live forever.)

Watching now--in between other tasks.

caleb

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From: Mats Öljare <oljare@...>
To: MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, February 11, 2011 12:40:08 PM
Subject: [MMM] Babbitt....

Think what you want about him, but this documentary is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_Zfpq3gqk

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excellent, totally excellent.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Mats Öljare <oljare@...> wrote:

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> Think what you want about him, but this documentary is awesome.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_Zfpq3gqk
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>Think what you want about him, but this documentary is awesome.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_Zfpq3gqk

Well it wasn't a total waste - they had some Honegger in there.

I kid, I kid. The music is fine by me... as long as I don't have
to listen to it. Still kidding.

Memorable moments:

* In front of Tower records - the only jerk is the Babbitt fan!

* I didn't know Sondheim was a student of his. I quite liked
Sweeny Todd.

* It says Carter abandoned serialism... I didn't know he was
ever a serialist. That seems borne out here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Carter
but perhaps some experts can weigh in.

* The critic dude wears a bow tie!

-Carl

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:
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> * The critic dude wears a bow tie!
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> -Carl
>

Carl, I've worn a bow tie or two in my day. I thought they made me look
rather extinguished.

-- jls

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Jon wrote:

>> * The critic dude wears a bow tie!
>>
>> -Carl
>
>Carl, I've worn a bow tie or two in my day. I thought they made me look
>rather extinguished.
>
>-- jls

I know, I was thinking I had to get me a few... -Carl

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "jsmith9624@..." <jsmith9624@...> wrote:
> Carl, I've worn a bow tie or two in my day. I thought they made me look
> rather extinguished.

lulz. I've habitually worn one every Thursday when at work with the orchestra. Dates back years and years when three of us, in a desperate bid to live through a mediocre music director's contract, decided we would wear them in solidarity to remind ourselves to keep the standards high no matter what was happening up in the front-and-center.

Worked like a charm: I'm still here, he isn't. My standards haven't slipped. And I've got a pretty big bow tie collection.

Ok, back to haggling over which tuning to pick...

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:

> >Carl, I've worn a bow tie or two in my day. I thought they made me look
> >rather extinguished.
> >
> >-- jls
>
> I know, I was thinking I had to get me a few... -Carl

Aren't you afraid you'll end up looking like Tucker Carlson?

Gene wrote:

>> >Carl, I've worn a bow tie or two in my day. I thought they made me look
>> >rather extinguished.
>> >
>> >-- jls
>>
>> I know, I was thinking I had to get me a few... -Carl
>
>Aren't you afraid you'll end up looking like Tucker Carlson?

I was channeling Jon Stewart when I said that! -Carl