Showing posts with label Van Nostrand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Van Nostrand. Show all posts

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Lives of the Great Composers: Harry Partch

At a party, my friend Burr van Nostrand is introduced to Harry Partch. "Do you like Chopin?" asks Harry Partch. "No," says Burr. "Then you're an asshole," says Harry Partch.

Nun of the Above

On my way to her first opera,  Hildegard,  on Friday night, I was thinking again about Sarah Kirkland Snider’s music, and how I might descri...