{"id":180085,"date":"2024-06-19T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=180085"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:42:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T20:42:06","slug":"catching-up-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/catching-up-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up: music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, what have I been listening to?<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kapustin plays Kapustin: Concert etudes = \u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0439 \u0413\u0438\u0301\u0440\u0448\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u041a\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0301\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d: \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0444\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0435\u043f\u0438\u0430\u043d\u043e: opus 40\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UOMk5-og5_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Nikolai Kapustin was born in 1937 in the Ukraine and started playing the piano at 7. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory where he worked with Alexander Goldenweiser. While in Moscow, Kapustin discovered jazz. He later cited Oscar Peterson as the most influential figure on his own music. Kapustin composes in the traditional forms \u2014 sonata, theme and variations, etc.  \u2014 but uses a jazz vocabulary. You can argue whether his music is truly &#8220;jazz&#8221; \u2014 while it may sound spontaneous, every single note is written out \u2014 but it is lively, colorful music. Recordings by Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin, Stephen Osborne, John Salmon<span id='easy-footnote-1-180085' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/catching-up-music\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-180085' title='I wonder if the pianist Salmon is related to the John Salmon of &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/fatherbrownatlarge.blogspot.com\/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;fatherbrownatlarge.blogspot.com\/&lt;\/a&gt;.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>, and Kapustin himself can all be recommended. And perhaps those of everyone&#8217;s current favorite, Yuja Wang.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yuja Wang plays Kapustin Variations Op. 41 (2013)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPvZCOIlpGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>The late Peter Schickele, in addition discovering the works of P.D.Q. Bach and composing listenable music of his own, had a weekly radio show, &#8220;Schickele Mix,&#8221; in which he discussed musical topics clearly and understandably for all listeners, musicians and non-musicians alike, using examples of all kinds of music, from Palestrina to the Everly Brothers. The show has been off the air for many years, but it is available as podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/podcastaddict.com\/podcast\/schickele-mix-if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good\/2368995\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More years ago than I want to calculate I saw Schickele in concert, where the <i>pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance<\/i> was the &#8220;Concerto for Piano Versus Orchestra.&#8221; I finally found a good video of the concerto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Schickele plays P.D.Q. Bach: Concerto for Piano vs. Orchestra (S. 88)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gLggEucPtt8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zappa-analysis.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> devoted to analyzing the music of that brilliant jackass, Frank Zappa.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>I recently came across mention of <a href=\"https:\/\/garagehangover.com\/the-xployts\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an obscure band<\/a> featuring a drummer named Warren Moore. This might be of interest to <a href=\"http:\/\/profmondo.wordpress.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a certain other Warren Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dixieland Droopy (1954)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/367199531?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Carl Stalling may be the best-known composer of cartoon music, but there were others of note, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomandjerryonline.com\/bradley.cfm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Bradley<\/a>. Bradley wrote music for MGM cartoons, including <em>Tom and Jerry<\/em> and <em>Droopy Dog<\/em>. Unfortunately, there hasn&#8217;t yet been a &#8220;Scott Bradley Project&#8221; paralleling Stalling&#8217;s, and his music is hard to find. The one collection offered at the devil&#8217;s website is lousy and I can&#8217;t recommend it. Instead, hunt for the out-of-print <i><strong>Tom and Jerry &#038; Tex Avery Too<\/strong><\/i>, a fuller and better-sounding compilation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom and Jerry at MGM  \/\/ Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir &amp; DR Big Band (Live)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O525fqXqcps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>More cartoon music:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Three Little Pigs \/\/ Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir &amp; DR Big Band (Live)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ix54MBiIZmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Children Cry for Castoria<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; Nicolas Slonimsky, the compiler of the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wrong-notes\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lexicon of Musical Invective<\/a><\/em>, many years ago used ad copy as the texts for songs:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1552117245\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/cosmicspy.bandcamp.com\/album\/five-advertising-songs\">Five Advertising Songs by Nicolas Slonimsky<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-owTb1fdlo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slonimsky on Frank Zappa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Note on the videos: Four years ago I got absolutely disgusted with YouTube and refused to post any videos or even click on one. Since then, either the lizard people who run it stopped putting unskippable half-hour ads before every three-minute video, or the Brave browser has become better at blocking ads, so I can now watch videos without using very bad language. Therefore I am permitting myself to post a few YouTube videos. For now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, what have I been listening to? Nikolai Kapustin was born in 1937 in the Ukraine and started playing the piano at 7. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory where he worked with Alexander Goldenweiser. While in Moscow, Kapustin discovered jazz. He later cited Oscar Peterson as the most influential figure on his own music. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/catching-up-music\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Catching up: music&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-KQB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180085"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181326,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180085\/revisions\/181326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}