tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post3093054069400159667..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: William Flanagan - Another August Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-23540227630906023022017-06-05T06:45:54.079-04:002017-06-05T06:45:54.079-04:00It's a question of the percentage of filling t...It's a question of the percentage of filling to shilling. <br /><br />So, if I looked it up, how many pieces did you get published in that rag in 1969 or before? And when did Flanagan's last piece in it appear? From what I understand his last year or so, he was falling apart, though I didn't hear a lot of lore concerning him among the musicians I knew who ran with that circle. They all figured he was despondent over breaking up with Albee. I don't blame either of them, though there were those who did blame E.A. I also don't blame the current music scene in NYC though the old "those mean old atonalists controlled everything" dodge was crap because that was always a load of crap that you can see was a load of crap when you look at actual concert and recital programs. If anything, it was the people who played music from the 19th and 18th centuries who neglected even conservative, tonal composers like Flannagan. And it wasn't as if the tonal composers weren't competing with each other for play time. <br /><br />You do know by that time Aaron Copland was an "atonal composer" though he'd written non-tonal music far earlier than that. He was also probably Flanagan's biggest promoter. Ol' Virgil Thomson had given up writing reviews and criticism regularly about fifteen years earlier.The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-35536398961319208092017-06-04T23:01:10.836-04:002017-06-04T23:01:10.836-04:00All publucations that readers had to pay for were ...All publucations that readers had to pay for were vehicles for selling stuff.<br /><br />Are you really so dumb you didn't know that?steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-85232216171431388672017-06-04T22:41:32.891-04:002017-06-04T22:41:32.891-04:00Just out of curiosity, Simps, what's the date ...Just out of curiosity, Simps, what's the date of your first piece in it? <br /><br />It waren't no Musical Quarterly or Modern Music and it certainly wasn't Perspectives In New Music. <br /><br />It was a vehicle for selling stuff. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-84473545127155935582017-06-04T22:33:01.883-04:002017-06-04T22:33:01.883-04:00An ad flyer that ran eight page feature stories on...An ad flyer that ran eight page feature stories on Elliot Carter.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-54241077832724116892017-06-04T21:38:38.281-04:002017-06-04T21:38:38.281-04:00I doubt you were writing for it while he was still...I doubt you were writing for it while he was still alive and we established yesterday that even the greatest artists find it necessary to slum, sometimes. And Flannagan weren't in the same income bracket that Charles Laughton was in. <br /><br />It was an ad flyer. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-25130967944758533322017-06-04T20:05:33.177-04:002017-06-04T20:05:33.177-04:00Ah, William Flanagan. The composer who wrote revie...Ah, William Flanagan. The composer who wrote reviews for the same magazine I did, for years, that you've been mocking as an ad flyer since forever.<br /><br />THAT William Flanagan. Irony is well and truly dead.<br /><br />Nice guy, BTW.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.com