Taking Good Dissonance Like a Man
A maverick composer named Ives
Gave concert hall patrons the hives,
The businessmen grumbled,
“This stuff is all jumbled,”
And left in a huff with their wives.
Unanswered Question
When Ives wrote his Symphony 4,
He planned his most avant-garde score.
So was it improvement
To throw in a movement
He’d written two decades before?
THE Unanswered Question
When asking the Unanswered Question,
The trumpeter makes a suggestion.
The woodwinds make tries
At repeated replies
With increasingly frantic congestion.
Essaying a Sonata
The pianist who struggles and strives
To conquer the Concord of Ives,
Knows “Alcotts” is quaint,
But the rest of it ain’t,
And that only the bravest survive.
♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪
Robert Craft (20 October 1923 – 10 November 2015) was a conductor and writer who
had a long working relationship with Igor Stravinsky.
had a long working relationship with Igor Stravinsky.
Artsy Crafty
When Craft gave the world conversation
With Stravinsky it caused a sensation.
But when critics shared doubt
About what they found out,
He had to admit
He’d adapted a bit,
But went on to insist
That he gave us the gist
In his ready-for-print adaptation.
(If you enjoy these posts, please consider helping me by sharing.)
No comments:
Post a Comment