Forum Categorie: Thoughts

Musical aesthetics

10/16/2007, Thoughts, 0 comment(s).

Often I see my collegues being surprised when we pronounce certain words or names. Adorno, Badiou, Deleuze, names that should not appear in the middle of a musical discussion. However philosophy has its role in music, and has strongly influenced History of musical creation.

While...

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A modern concert hall in Prague?

09/28/2007, Thoughts, 0 comment(s).

A question raises in Prague: Is it necessary to build a large concert hall in Prague? The musicians want it, the directors of Prague spring too. But is this useful? Is this "reasonable" as say the politicians?

Overview of the halls

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Noise in concert halls

08/10/2007, Thoughts, 0 comment(s).

Today let's speak about what occurs in the public during a concert. If certain halls are extraordinary quiet, others are absolutely not. The main problem of a concert hall: it is built to diffuse the sound, ALL sounds, so the noises too.

Among sound pollution of our concert halls, you...

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Do you know contemporary music?

03/06/2007, Thoughts, 0 comment(s).

Lutoslawski, Xenakis, Britten, Carter, Penderecki, Kurtág, Lindberg, Dutilleux, Eötvös, Ligeti, Murail, don't all these names say anything to you? You surely do not listen to music known as “contemporary”. Said “contemporary” because it is quite obvious that any music was...

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