Tag: The Making of Americans
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I May Have More Affection for Gertrude Stein than I am Willing to Admit. Thoughts on “The Making of Americans”.
I lugged “The Making of Americans” halfway around the world, on flights to and from here in Louisiana to The Netherlands, where I attended Roadburn (a metal fest). A lot of people commented on its sheer bulk. At 1022 pages (plus a couple of introductions), its a chunky book. People who watched me bring it…
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Milton Babbit/Gertrude Stein/”The Making of Americans”/”The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas”
Milton Babbitt was a composer who is probably more famous for writing an essay called “Who Cares if you Listen?” than for any of his actual compositions. It’s not particularly surprising, if you sit and listen to one of them. Babbitt, for quite a bit of his career as a composer, was fond of ‘serialism’.…
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