tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post4239350916793198101..comments2023-11-03T09:05:31.265-04:00Comments on Soho the Dog: Reading SessionMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-10647904667652837692007-02-05T17:21:00.000-05:002007-02-05T17:21:00.000-05:00I think most young composers have suffered through...I think most young composers have suffered through this: nothing sucks more than watching musicians roll their eyes and mutter and declare bits 'unidiomatic' that, of course, they'd woodshed if the name in the upper-left corner was 'Shostakovich'.<br /><br />Come to think of it, Fritz Kreisler's career as a composer was basically a response to this effect.Trevor Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221799347828939364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-56581866483760060382007-02-05T15:10:00.000-05:002007-02-05T15:10:00.000-05:00The novelist Doris Lessing did something similar w...The novelist Doris Lessing did something similar with a couple of books she wrote late in her career under the pseudonym Jane Somers to see what the reaction would be if it wasn't published as a "Doris Lessing novel." It was a variation on the study you cite, interestingly enough.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-8458875224897819082007-02-05T10:57:00.000-05:002007-02-05T10:57:00.000-05:00I didn't know that one. I seem to recall reading t...I didn't know that one. I seem to recall reading that Ravel did something similar on purpose, omitting the composers' names from a concert program and then sitting in mortified amusement as the pro-Ravel claque unwittingly booed his own piece.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-57781106269405789902007-02-05T10:04:00.000-05:002007-02-05T10:04:00.000-05:00The Composer's Datebook yesterday had an item abou...The Composer's Datebook yesterday had an item about a concert back in 1837, where a then obscure Beethoven piano trio was played along with a new piano trio by a lesser-known composer. The performance was not in the order indicated in the program. The audience received what they thought was the Beethoven very warmly, and what they thought was the new piece very cooly. It's the same thing.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294716220776027168noreply@blogger.com