tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post8638892848049277011..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Hans Werner Henze Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-11293628781107619262012-10-29T10:11:32.555-04:002012-10-29T10:11:32.555-04:00That's one way to look at it, although (1) Ger...That's one way to look at it, although (1) Germany's (including Austria's?) earlier dominance was at least partly a product of whether one accepts the criteria of German music to judge composers from other countries, and (2) it was unavoidable that music of all forms would disseminate to ever wider geographical circles. Henze's greatest contemporaries were Polish, Hungarian, French, etc. Today you have to add Finland, Japan and of course the US. And other kinds of music tell the same story. Every decade, US-born jazz musicians make up an ever smaller share of the top performers; rock is everywhere. For most of us this is not a problem at all. I suppose singers must struggle with all the languages they should know these days.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-21802083832572108902012-10-29T02:24:42.078-04:002012-10-29T02:24:42.078-04:00While Henze quite good, that he was the best Germa...While Henze quite good, that he was the best Germany could produce for classical composition in the post-WW II era is a sign of how Germany has fallen since the 18th and 19th centuries when it was so dominant in that area.Barkley Rosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13114257724762074636noreply@blogger.com