Man Prefers The Dead Contemporary Composers
John Man, local moralist who regularly attends concerts with pocket scores, was recently overheard explaining to fellow audience members how
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Composers
Why Don’t Composers Just Skip Out The Bad Pieces And Write Only Great Ones?
I’m a huge fan of classical music, and I love the way great masterpieces have inspired me throughout my life.
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New Complexity Has Run Out Of Too Many Ideas
The movement of classical music composition most commonly known as “New Complexity” appears at last to have run out of
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Aunt Sally Pleasantly Surprised By Hugo Wolf Lieder
Aunt Sally regularly attends concerts at her local church. She is an ardent lover of all things musical, and incidentally
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Computer Composes New Music By Peter Sculthorpe
Technological whizzkids from a groundbreaking computer company have created a new artificial intelligence program capable of writing music by the
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New Music Should Be Easier To Write About, Says Man
John Man, classical music historian and moderate camper, is reportedly disappointed with the work of most contemporary composers. “This is
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Aunt Sally Disappointed With Contemporary Classical Piece
Aunt Sally, a sweet and caring pensioner from a sleepy English town full of small shops, went to see a
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Atonality: A Musical Fairytale
Many years ago there was an Emperor so exceedingly fond of new clothes that he spent all his money on
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Man Rejects Female Composers After Listening To CD For A Bit
John Man, newly elected Vice-President of the esteemed Guild Of Hacks, recently courted a great deal of controversy with his
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Man Briefly Listens To New Opera- Doesn’t Like It
John Man, consumer and freelance judge, recently heard about an amazing new opera by one of the most talented and
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