tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post6163717610949694531..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Captain FantasyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-84768433602340795022016-09-14T10:07:04.859-04:002016-09-14T10:07:04.859-04:00Well said, Peter.
E. Hoxha
PS: Did you see Bach ...Well said, Peter.<br /><br />E. Hoxha<br /><br />PS: Did you see Bach in the USSR? Me, neither! kevin quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880872194080353414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-83712072100177447802016-09-14T00:51:01.279-04:002016-09-14T00:51:01.279-04:00His live concert in Tirana, Albania is the only co...His live concert in Tirana, Albania is the only correct version. It brings out the contradiction between the proto-humanist Bach, who points toward a future liberation for which the material conditions were not ripe, and the composer-worker at the mercy of pre-capitalist remnants of the Leipzig clerico-aristocracy. The fugal form captures this two-sided artistry perfectly, but only an articulation informed by critical distance from all class forces at play in transitional Germany can reflect this. Gould's Albanian concert is fully articulated in this way.Peter Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093399591393648071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-35452289007875218022016-09-13T12:00:04.179-04:002016-09-13T12:00:04.179-04:00Peter: But the burning question is: which Gould - ...Peter: But the burning question is: which Gould - late or early? I'm in the Late camp myself, and the Earlies are nothing but running dogs of imperialism and Schactmanite splitters to boot!kevin quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880872194080353414noreply@blogger.com