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| Author | Comment | Nikki
Oct-10-2005, 01:06 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
 | Does anyone know anything about Paul Simon´s connections with Philip Glass? I am working on a paper about Paul Simon´s music within the context of minimalism. All I know is that Glass composed the coda to "The Late Great Johnny Ace" and Simon provided lyrics to one of Glass´s songs from "Songs from Liquid Days." | | | | Klausi
Oct-10-2005, 07:02 GMT
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Germany
 | I saw a special about Pillip Glass, where he mentioned his contact to pop-stars like Paul Simon and Suzanne Vega as helpful, and in the Simon-Special "Born At The Right Time" Glass said, that Paul Simon told him not being interested in having Hits anymore (which sounds a little pretentious if you don`t have Hits).
I think they are just friends and there is no BIG mutual musical influence. It`s their standard not to ignore what`s happening in the music-world, as was the standard of Bernstein.
Glass found one solution for the crisis, in which classical music without doubt went in the last decades.
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Tschaikowsky, Sibelius, Bartok are still the stars, recent developments (12-tone music etc.) widely unknown. | | | | Rosemary in time
Oct-10-2005, 19:57 GMT
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United Kingdom
 | Here´s an interview in which Philip Glass talks about Paul:
Q: You turned 61 in December, but your recent work is some of your most accomplished, adventurous and, one might say, youngest.
A: That´s a funny concept. I was talking to Paul Simon about the three major centers of a human being -- the physical, intellectual, and emotional senses -- and how all of them are coordinated in music. We were saying that the practice of music -- the writing and playing of music -- means bringing into alignment those three parts of your being in the most harmonious way that you can. And we were convinced that if there´s a fountain of youth, it´s somewhere in that neighborhood.
And here´s another:
"Culture is everything: culture is the shirt you´re wearing, culture is the food you eat, culture is the newspapers that you read. Culture is any product of the collective mind and of the individual mind. It´s all interesting, it´s all valuable. I mean, culture is what human beings do. Someone like Richard is a very interesting young man - he didn´t have the benefit of a classical education so he makes up for it in other ways. He makes up for it in ingenuity, in his ability to dream and imagine. To think that he needs to take a course in harmony to write music is an absurd idea. Paul Simon can´t read music," he says referring to another of his sojourns into pop. "Now you tell me, who do you think is more important: some professor of music at Yale University or Paul Simon?"
Klausi, I don´t know what you mean about Bach and Beethoven etc as classical music "stars". I doubt whether the idea even makes sense but if it means anything the two biggest classical music stars of the 20th century were obviously Stravinsky and Debussy who both shocked audiences, led wild lifestyles (two different ex-lovers pulled revolvers on Debussy during his life) and made exciting and popular modern music using the "recent developments" that you say are still "widely unknown". | | | | Klausi
Oct-11-2005, 06:16 GMT
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Germany
| Hm, I think we should not argue about who is big or not. Bach is the classical musician mostly liked worlwide in a big inquiry among musicians.
If you like Stravinsky and Debussy, no problem, but you can also mention Sibelius, Bartok, Wagner, Smetana, Orff etc.
Or Porter and Gershwin, which brings us nearer to our small hero...
Thank you for your informations, but I think, Simon can read music to a certain degree. | | | | Rosemary in time
Oct-11-2005, 09:43 GMT
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United Kingdom
| Dearest Klausi
I wasn´t arguing about who is big or who I like. I was arguing with your journalistic idea that there was a "crisis" in classical music caused by 12 tone music. You seem to think that modern classical music = 12 tone. Incredible!
Anyway this is a very boring subject. Klausi, you will be amused to know that I looked at your entry in the fan database and was disappointed to see that you haven´t uploaded a photo of yourself. Judging by your comments here, I imagine that your face is quite gentle and imaginative but also quite strict and a little bit serious. Am I right?
Love
Rosemary | | | | Klausi
Oct-11-2005, 13:12 GMT
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Germany
| Hello Dear Rosemary,
of course I looked for you too and saw your beautiful photo. You are probably right, but I only have a photo from 20 pounds ago, and even that would not match your sweet imagination. But as a young child, I was too thin - At The Zoo the animals would Love it to feed me.
Thought you were a teacher, (because it´s easier to learn than unlearn).
Now I see someone still going to school! Compliments!
| | | | Rosemary in time
Oct-11-2005, 13:32 GMT
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United Kingdom
| Dear Klausi
How graciously you write in English and what sweet things you say. I´m glad we´re not arguing anymore. Alles Gute...
Rosemary | | | | Guido
Oct-13-2005, 17:49 GMT
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Italy
 | I hope it is not too late for your work. I am sorry but I did not have any time to write before.
On the DVD "Graceland - Calssic Albums" there is an interview with Philip Glass, about the above mentioned album. And also the boxset "1964-1993" contains some notes written by Glass about Simon´s music.
Hope this can be useful! | | | | |
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