Everybody Can Hear It
Q. Armando Bayolo asked: What about John Adams recent cry of “the emperor has no clothes” towards Eliot Carter on his blog? Is that okay because they’re two grand old men of contemporary American music?
A. No. It’s okay because Elliott Cook Carter Jr. clearly and self-evidently lacks even the most rudimentary scintilla of musical talent. Everyone knows it. Everyone can hear it. It’s long past time someone just said it.
Comment #54 via mclaren at Rude Question of the Week–Is Nico Overrated? at Sequenza21.com
sometimes the commentary about the commentary is much more interesting. in the future if i were a musicologist i would spend my time reading the blog comments
