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[Qu'en pensez-vous] What do you think of him?
An interesting guy who couldn't care less about "great," magnificent works. He composed and composed as though he were writing his diary in music. I guess his goal was to say, "I'm here, listen to me if you like."
At the core of his opus one finds this: sincerity. And it's interesting that this free writing composer connects with his listeners as a normal, not unusual or exceptional, artist. That was his goal: to be normal.
When listening to Milhaud one finds oneself, not some fantasy à la Wagner, some super performer, à la Liszt, some Alpine super-being, à la R. Strauss, or some system creator, à la Schoenberg.
Getting to know Milhaud is getting to know why we're human beings.
An interesting guy who couldn't care less about "great," magnificent works. He composed and composed as though he were writing his diary in music. I guess his goal was to say, "I'm here, listen to me if you like."
At the core of his opus one finds this: sincerity. And it's interesting that this free writing composer connects with his listeners as a normal, not unusual or exceptional, artist. That was his goal: to be normal.
When listening to Milhaud one finds oneself, not some fantasy à la Wagner, some super performer, à la Liszt, some Alpine super-being, à la R. Strauss, or some system creator, à la Schoenberg.
Getting to know Milhaud is getting to know why we're human beings.
