tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post8095214452735189399..comments2014-03-20T08:46:50.352-07:00Comments on SHORSHIYUT:<br>Deep-rootedness: Lists and the people who love them, part deuxLiz Schwartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04049759360826709321noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post-15884747691876775502011-01-25T13:11:31.363-08:002011-01-25T13:11:31.363-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Barry in Portlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563401367244981009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post-12512871561650124672011-01-25T13:10:37.036-08:002011-01-25T13:10:37.036-08:00What, no mention of Scriabin?
I'm shocked, ...What, no mention of Scriabin? <br /><br />I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.Barry in Portlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563401367244981009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post-60890558562448224642011-01-23T09:03:42.097-08:002011-01-23T09:03:42.097-08:00That reality shows were the source of this idea is...That reality shows were the source of this idea is just more proof of The Rotting Of The American Mind.<br />I think we're heading south. <br />Pass me that handbasket, willya? <br />..::grin::..bikelovejoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16141991025526354179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post-77528903784807753472011-01-22T15:13:59.578-08:002011-01-22T15:13:59.578-08:00Steve-
The point of my post wasn't so much wh...Steve-<br /><br />The point of my post wasn't so much who was left off it as the inanity and pointlessness of the list being compiled at all. An eminent musicologist summed up my point well on the American Musicology Society's listserve:<br /><br />"I think it's just a reflection on <br />Tommasini and the state of newspaper criticism. I asked James Oestreich, the music <br />editor at the Times and my old pal, whether there had been any difference of opinion about the project (actually what I wrote to him was "Please, oh please Jim, tell me that that ran over your objections"), and yes, he was as <br />irate as any of us might be that music coverage at the Times has sunk to the level of voting Haydn off the island or telling Tchaikovsky "You're fired." (He confirmed that, as I suspected, TV reality shows were the source of the idea."Liz Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04049759360826709321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post-26335267893503466072011-01-22T15:06:19.932-08:002011-01-22T15:06:19.932-08:00Okay David, here goes:
Hildegaard von Bingen
Clar...Okay David, here goes:<br /><br />Hildegaard von Bingen<br />Clara Schumann (who is a well regarded composer in her own right)<br />Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (ditto)<br />Pauline Viardot<br />Pauline Oliveiros<br />Nadia Boulanger<br />Lili Boulanger<br />Meredith Monk<br />Joan Tower<br />Jennifer Higdon<br />Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre<br />Ruth Crawford Seeger (stepmom of Pete)<br />Amy Beach<br />Barbara Strozzi<br /><br />Those are just off the top of my head; here are more I had to look up in one of my nerdy musicology books:<br /><br />Gwyneth Walker<br />Cecille Chaminade<br />Theresa Clark<br />Poldowski<br />Dame Edith Smyth<br />Maria Theresa von Paradis<br /><br />and many many others. If you're interested, check out the Norton/Grove Anthology of Women ComposersLiz Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04049759360826709321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post-86291305759875358572011-01-22T09:56:10.507-08:002011-01-22T09:56:10.507-08:00I'm stumped. The only well-known (that phrase ...I'm stumped. The only well-known (that phrase probably exaggerates the extent to which she is actually known)classical female composer is ....rats, senior moment. I am trying to recall the name of the 10th Century (not sure about the Century) leader of an Abbey...AHA! Got it! Hildegarde von Bingen. Other names are shadow figures. Some of Mozart's music may have been written by his sister Nannerl. Some of Robert Schuman's music may have been written (or at least edited) by his wife Clara. I'd like to see your list, as I wonder if I will recognize any of the names on it.David Leipzigerhttp://dbear688@aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694648216849750621.post-76873554829367112772011-01-21T12:48:22.718-08:002011-01-21T12:48:22.718-08:00I saw that article and just knew you'd have so...I saw that article and just knew you'd have something to say about it. You should write a short (125 word) letter to the Times taking them to task and identifying some worthy contenders who were omitted.Stevenoreply@blogger.com