ivancdg

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Positive Feedback(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by ivancdg 7y ago|0 comments
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by ivancdg 8y ago
I agree that there are pieces which sound pretty quirky, which can put people off a bit. But I have yet to find someone who doesn't like this one (which I can assure you has nothing to do with the playing): https://www.you
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by ivancdg 8y ago
I'm still alive! Actually it's a brilliant novella and I recommend everyone read it. Biting social critique of bourgeois values: http://www.classicallibrary.org/tolstoy/ivan/1.htm
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by ivancdg 8y ago
This is an interesting comment, on multiple levels. If there is one factor on which Beethoven's reputation rests, it is his claim to being the "universal" composer, whose music speaks to all men and women. Your story seems
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by ivancdg 8y ago
“I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition." (said to Leopold Mozart, Mozart's father) ― Jose
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by ivancdg 8y ago
I second the recommendation for Richter's book, which is a fascinating look into the mind of a pianist who musicians pretty much unanimously consider to be the greatest of the 20th century: https://www.amazon.com/Sviato
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by ivancdg 8y ago
To what extent the composers you mentioned broke completely with Beethoven (and/or the past) is arguable. All of them wrote works in sonata form, all of them wrote fugues, all of them studied counterpoint carefully. Liszt idolized Beet
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by ivancdg 8y ago
The 2nd paragraph is really the crux of the matter. Whereas Beethoven's music draws attention to its unusual features, Reicha in his memoirs states unequivocally that Haydn and Mozart are the pinnacles of instrumental music, and that i
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by ivancdg 8y ago
Many of the things we take for granted as Beethovenian inventions (obsessive motivic development, sonata form in symphonies and quartets, abrupt harmonic disruption, fugues in final movmeents) were pioneered by Haydn. I remember being well-
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by ivancdg 8y ago
The wind quintets are extraordinarily well-written for their instruments, something easy to take for granted today as so many composers followed Reicha's lead. He was not the very first to write for that ensemble, but the instant popul
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by ivancdg 8y ago
It is indeed intriguing to imagine music history if composers had followed Reicha's lead rather than Beethoven's. There would have been a lot more metrically interesting music earlier, that's for sure. The experimentation Rei
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by ivancdg 8y ago
Your tempo is a little slow. It's in cut time (2/2) not 4/4. OK, I'm being churlish. I recorded this piece for Chandos Records last year, so I have an opinion. Excerpt here: https://www.chandos.net/produc
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German Business Leaders Praise U.S. Economic Policies at Davos(m.spiegel.de)
3 points by ivancdg 9y ago|1 comments
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Mr. Money Mustache’s retirement (sort of) plan(newyorker.com)
2 points by ivancdg 9y ago|0 comments
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by ivancdg 9y ago
Where I live Uber drivers often use it as a loss leader. They chat people up, and if they strike up a rapport they suggest customers contact them directly, cutting out the middle man. They can even undercut Uber, and still make more money t
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YC's Basic Income Experiment(jacquesmattheij.com)
10 points by ivancdg 10y ago|2 comments
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Rumor mill has it that Dutch startup WeTransfer sold to Google for $1B(twitter.com)
1 points by ivancdg 10y ago|0 comments
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Residential property price statistics across the globe(bis.org)
3 points by ivancdg 12y ago|0 comments
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The Future of Europe: An Interview with George Soros(nybooks.com)
86 points by ivancdg 12y ago|55 comments
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Journeyman Project Trip 1 United Kingdom(jacquesmattheij.com)
78 points by ivancdg 13y ago|16 comments
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by ivancdg 13y ago
Notezilla ( http://notezilla.io ) is working on doing this for piano (and vocal/chamber/orchestral music). It launched on HN a little over 2 months ago and garnered considerable interest: https://news.ycombina
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by ivancdg 13y ago
This brings up an interesting question: if Steinway were liquidated, would the patents be up for sale? It is my understanding that much of their unique quality comes from over 100 patents, many of which are over 100 years old [1]. Presumabl
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Snowden's lawyer says he plans to settle in Russia(rt.com)
7 points by ivancdg 13y ago|0 comments
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by ivancdg 13y ago
For those that live in Europe and want a powerful search engine that includes low-cost flights (a deal-breaker for me), I recommend Azuon. http://azuon.com/en/feature-tour It's incredibly addictive. Combined with
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Available Jobs (mostly Netherlands/from jacquesm)(jacquesmattheij.com)
3 points by ivancdg 14y ago|0 comments
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Bradley Manning’s Statement(bradleymanning.org)
277 points by ivancdg 14y ago|117 comments
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by ivancdg 14y ago
Thank you, I made the correction.
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by ivancdg 14y ago
The damage has been done. The major labels (major now only in terms of increasingly dubious marketing clout) now spend most of their 'creative' energy scouting do-it-yourself musicians rather than producing great music...which was, initiall
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by ivancdg 14y ago
Kyle Gann (the author of this essay) has written some of the best English language essays on Morton Feldman. There's another good essay by Alex Ross, music critic at the New Yorker: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2006/06/morton_feldman_.htm
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by ivancdg 14y ago
In my experience it is highly impractical to expect someone to try anything for 70 minutes before deciding if they like it. Some kind of step-wise introduction is more helpful. It's not easy with Feldman, but I am convinced it is possible

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