Comments on: Good to know http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/good-to-know/ The official website of the New York-based composer Nico Muhly. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Liner Notes Danny http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/good-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Liner Notes Danny Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:56:11 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/good-to-know/#comment-123 Yay, thanks for the shout-out! For the most part I think you're right on, here-- But I don't care what you think, Nico, I still say that's a TERRIBLE way to describe minimalism, and a worse way to describe Saint-Saëns. <em>Nico responds: Yeah, but, I like how it describes it how Minimalism describes itself, in those short aphorisms. Can't you see Steve Reich setting it for three women's voices, two vibraphones, four pianos, and the sounds of the Marais at night?</em> Yay, thanks for the shout-out! For the most part I think you’re right on, here–

But I don’t care what you think, Nico, I still say that’s a TERRIBLE way to describe minimalism, and a worse way to describe Saint-Saëns.

Nico responds: Yeah, but, I like how it describes it how Minimalism describes itself, in those short aphorisms. Can’t you see Steve Reich setting it for three women’s voices, two vibraphones, four pianos, and the sounds of the Marais at night?

]]> By: M.A. Peel http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/good-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-120 M.A. Peel Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:34:02 +0000 http://nicomuhly.com/news/2007/good-to-know/#comment-120 I was at your Zankel concert. Here's another take: http://mapeel.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-nico.html I was at your Zankel concert. Here’s another take:
http://mapeel.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-nico.html

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