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"It's a little problematic because the text is terrible... and it's in English." #overheardinmyapartment 6:58 AM May 31st via web
@ArmandoBayolo @adrian_knight_ It was a compliment! 6:46 AM May 29th via web in reply to ArmandoBayolo
"Curling is the Feldman of sports." @adrian_knight_ 3:43 PM May 28th via Twitter for iPhone
The real question is whether there's more plaid or green prospect park today 12:58 PM May 28th via Twitter for iPhone
@jeffgavett Lolita is possibly less pretentious. I kind of think of Nabakov as our great sociopath writer 7:44 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to jeffgavett
@ICEfansArleneLD Thanks! Hope you enjoyed the whistling! 5:18 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ICEfansArleneLD
Note to self: Stop. 12:46 PM May 26th via web
@dargel Maybe it would help if you called them lehrstücke? 12:39 PM May 26th via web in reply to dargel
@jeremydenk I am however in all seriousness enormously flattered that you're even interested in what I think. 12:39 PM May 26th via web
@jeremydenk Whereas the structural elements are laid threadbare in the etudes. So for me, I get less out of it. 12:27 PM May 26th via web
@jeremydenk I often find this with Ligeti, but his fantastic timbral imagination saves it for me in the orchestral work chamber works 12:26 PM May 26th via web
@jeremydenk Whereas I find with Ligeti that forms always feel superimposed. Once you 'get it,' the returns are diminishing 12:26 PM May 26th via web
@jeremydenk Also, I think Debussy's genius is his connection between harmony and form. In that regard, he's a very classical composer 12:23 PM May 26th via web
@jeremydenk @linernotesdanny @MarcosBalter If we ever meet I will be happy to explain—sans 140 char lims—my reservations re: ligeti 12:21 PM May 26th via web in reply to jeremydenk
@robertshonstein Let's just say I'd have some tumultuous supreme court nomination hearings... 11:59 AM May 25th via web in reply to robertshonstein
@linernotesdanny @jeremydenk @MarcosBalter @timoandres I know myself well enough to know now is a good time for me to stop on this issue 11:45 AM May 25th via web in reply to linernotesdanny
@MarcosBalter And maybe they miss Ligeti's usually gamechanging timbral voice? Anyway, sorry to rant. And of course it's all prerogative. 10:41 AM May 25th via web in reply to MarcosBalter
@MarcosBalter Also, formally, they're very uninteresting to me because the super teleological structures aren't tied to anything musical... 10:40 AM May 25th via web in reply to MarcosBalter
@MarcosBalter They feel like virtuosity for virtuosity's sake. If there's a musical end I can't hear it. 10:39 AM May 25th via web in reply to MarcosBalter
I still sort of despise Ligeti Etudes, but already vastly prefer Jeremy Denk's new recording. 10:28 AM May 25th via web

Name Christopher Cerrone
Location Brooklyn, NY
Web http://www.christ...
Bio Brooklyn based composer. Co-director of new music ensemble Red Light New Music. And a Sleeping Giant.