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From: lipp@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Some (serious) discussion topics
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 12:36:00 EST
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Reply to carnes@gargoyle follows:

>II.  What musical masterpieces are underappreciated or underperformed, in
>your opinion?  Of course, we can start by listing whole categories, such as
>chamber music, Renaissance music, contemporary music, and contemporary
>Renaissance music, but I am more interested in individual works or composers.

Leaving the term "masterpiece" in the lexicon of music fans, perhaps
the curious will find these composers interesting:
     Hans Eisler--songs for voice and piano
     H. E. Apostel--string quartets, some of the piano music, some of
               the wind music, orchestra variations on a haydn theme
     Kurt Weill--concerto for violin and wind ensemble
These composers are not often recorded on the big labels.  You'll have
to get the scores from a library and see for yourself if there's any
worth in them...just like in the days before greatness was measured by
Schwann record catalog entries.


>III.  Careers in music:  Am I the only person on the net who is currently
>studying for a career in music?

I hold a doctoral degree in music composition, studied in Poland on a 
Fulbright, have been a university faculty member (in music) for five
years,...and still study music.

>Are there professional musicians on the net?

I work for Gould CSD, Inc.-Urbana, IL (it's a UNIX development house in
the Gould Electronics corporation) so nearly all my income is *not*
from music making.  I have a publisher's contract for a book on music--
deadline starting to close in--and perform or have my pieces performed
a few times a year.  The tax man doesn't consider me a "professional"
but I'm pretty serious about music nonetheless.

>Is anyone considering a musical career?

You can see it *was* a consideration and worked on with some vigor too.
Now the consideration is an interesting profession and interesting music
making.  If they are one in the same--great; if they're two different
pursuits--less leisure.

>Has anyone tried it and given it up?

I gave up the dull job of teaching dull kids.  Even the "interesting"
teaching posts are cluttered with non-creative academic peripherals that
sap musical energy.  Also, during a two years in Las Vagas, I found the
"entertainment industry" to be another set of factory jobs with the usual
twist that the best workers are well paid for expertly playing dull music.