Re: [microsound] stockhausen RIP

[emanuele de raymondi <ederaymo2@xxxxxxxxx>]

You certainly don't need to be a "fanboy" to realize Stockhausen's stature
in contemporary music culture. Like it or not he was a giant, and that is
the "hard cold fact".
I just wish that in the hour of the man's passing we would be talking about
his work and contribution, not about what he might have said once, or if he
was a nice
guy with a bad temper. That's just gossip as far as I'm concerned..

ciao




On Dec 8, 2007 8:42 PM, aleks vasic <bvasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You can attach whatever you want to some one else's comments but in
> the end your assumption is what is truly irrelevant because it is just
> that, an assumtpion.
>
> I honestly meant no disrespect, but if fanboys cannot separate their
> emotions from hard cold facts  then a meaningful conversation is a
> moot point.
>
> Cheers
>
> Aleks
>
> On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:55 PM, "emanuele de raymondi"
> <ederaymo2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Yes, he was controversial and yes he had a big ego
> > (but isn't it the history of western music, for the most part,
> > a long list of ego-maniac personalities?). The "brilliant mind" factor
> > I also find rather irrelevant. To those "brilliant mind" comments
> > you could easily attach an unspoken: "horrible man, awful musician,
> > but a brilliant mind indeed!".
> > Ultimately, in my opinion, what counts is the music the man left
> > behind,
> > and his music is almost always powerful, deep, original and full of
> > beauty.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 8, 2007 11:22 AM, peter price <pprice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> a more meaningful obit than most:
> >>
> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/08/arts/music/08stockhausen-1.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
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