24.5.15

just because they say it's music doesn't make it music; but it's not music because i say it's not music!


A few days ago, Alex Ross posted a piece by Amadeus Regucera called  obscured-distorted-redacted, performed by the great JACK Quartet. 

Blogger A. C. Douglas not only took exception to the piece itself, but also to Alex posting it as music. I can think of no non-subjective (or extremely prescriptive) definition of music that Mr. Regucera's composition fails to meet, and Mr. Douglas offers no support for his assertion that that it is not in fact music.

As to the piece itself, It's got some very good stuff in it, especially in terms of texture. It may be a little long for what Mr. Regucera wants to say, but that's a quibble, and hardly definitional.

At any rate, a tip of the hat to Mr. Ross for posting the piece and to Mr. Douglas, for making it essential listening.

3 comments:

  1. I'd forgotten all about A. C. Douglas. Still cranking away, I take it?

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  2. I stopped following him long ago, but his blog is still there, he has a Twitter account, and I hear from friends that he is infesting opera-l too, in a completely predictable fashion.

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  3. free music I enjoyed reading your post and found it to be informative and to the topic. Thank you for not rambling on and on just to fill the page. Thanks.

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