Morivou Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Hi, http://dajakesprogress.blogspot.com/2014/05/suggestions-for-contemporary-composers.html A friend of mine wrote an article with suggestions for composers on setting English in contemporary classical music. Have a look and enjoy the perspective! -Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pateceramics Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Yes!!! Huge thumbs up. Thanks for posting that. (: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Absolutely! I write, primarily, vocal works, so I'm glad somebody took time to articulate what I'd like to have written a long time ago. haha. I hope this is viewed by many, many people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danishali903 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Very informative indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p7rv Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Great article. Bookmarked for future reference. As for the Britten comment, I think he probably put too much emphasis on the text, and the musical form suffered as a result (not the Britten had a good sense of form in the first place, but w/e). So there's a downside to everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 It's very possible, indeed, that Britten's music suffered from his attention to conversational prosodic setting. But, maybe he didn't mind that. I'm certain he was aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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