Jones, Nicholas
(2006).
'Disparagement and invidious comparisons'? Assessing critical reactions to Mathias's First Symphony.
Tempo, 60(238)
pp. 8–14.
Abstract
A composer can't, and shouldn't, expect to please everybody. What is really important to me is whether what I've produced is exactly what I mean, and on that I'm prepared to stand. That doesn't imply, of course, that I don't think that some of my works are better than others – that is inevitable. One of the problems in modern music is that some composers tend to feel that they should be saying what they ought to mean; they're thinking about the process of writing too much, and relying too little on the tremendous power of the instinct, which must be trusted in the end.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
0040-2982 |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Music |
| Item ID: |
16041 |
| Depositing User: |
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| Date Deposited: |
07 May 2009 10:43 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 20:27 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/16041 |
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