

So he was definitely in academia very literally
Sure, but my statement was about how I find this music, meaning I don’t listen to it because of highbrow academia. It gives me joy like a piece of noisy Jazz can (granted, many Jazz listeners are also pretty highbrow about it), or even some hardcore punk. The fact that he managed to convey this through sheets rather than recordings is remarkable though. And of course my full respects to the pianist here.
The Études draw from a diverse range of sources, including gamelan, African polyrhythms, Béla Bartók, Conlon Nancarrow, Thelonious Monk, and Bill Evans. (…) this rhythmic complexity
Yeah, this.
Steve Reich is pretty good too.
Conlon Nancarrow I never heard of, maybe I should check them out.











Thanks for you reply! It’s good to hear that.
As I said (maybe here or elsewhere), I can understand that China can feel like the better alternative considering where the USA are at (and going).