Word: musician
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Petrospectvies and Conclusions is not a book of self-advertisements, but a precious and noble statement of principle by as great a musician as has ever lived. Those principles come to light most movingly in two brief remarks. "One hopes to worship God with a little art, if one has any. "Then, in a moment of high sobriety and historical cognizance...
...Certainly this is intentional, for every aspect of the work-from the choral chants to the subtle orchestral effects-contributes to the "objective" character of the opera. Whereas Daniel is warm and human within a framework of objectivity, Curlew River strives for a ritualized coldness-and attains it. A musician will find much to admire in Britten's craft and attention to detail. Curlew River is, however, not a work to love, as one can love The Play of Daniel. It has its audience, of course, but that audience is a more limited one than Britten should be aiming...
Family's music lacks a dominating force. Within the group there is no one musician who overpowers, who eclipses the talent of the group as a whole. There is rarely one extended lead, but rather several-on different instruments-that are carefully inter-twined. Through variation, Family achieves a final sound that is full, yet evenly distributed. And herein lies their success in experimentation...
...German, Grass is a nonconformist in more important ways. His country reveres specialization. Grass has exuberantly sprawled out as minor poet, polemical dramatist, artist, sculptor and jazz musician. He has persistently made fun of the Establishment and the past. In the matter of language, he is a total revolutionary. Too often in Germany, culture has suggested lofty abstractions and an aristocratic style. Grass has always liked to stand the German language on its head and shake it. The result is Rabelaisian horselaughs, horrifying images and earthy sights, smells and sounds that make his visions of yesterday as immediate...
...says Tenor Saxophonist Archie Shepp: "The field holler, the ring shout,* the sanctified church. That doesn't exclude white people, but if white people are to be included, they must emerge with a kind of humility," For Trumpeter Don Cherry, the music speaks most eloquently for the whole musician. "Man is a species, all human," Cherry observes. "The rest is pastels. Beware of distractions...