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Resonant Thoughts: Francois J. Bonnet’s “The Music To Come” (2020)
Advent of the Musical “The challenge of any musical creation must be to invent the conditions of possibility for an appearing of the musical, but nothing else, because that is all that lies within its power. You don’t create music; you create environments condusive to the advent of music” (30). On Music “Books about music… Continue reading
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Notes On Blogging
Blogging is part of the social internet, as opposed to the walled-off apps of social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram…). You own your blog web address and its content instead of renting space from companies intent on keeping you inside their confines as they sell data about you. Blogging is free of the Liking economy, but… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Brian Eno On Moire Patterns In Music
“A Moiré pattern is an interference pattern produced by overlaying similar but slightly offset templates. A simple example is obtained by taking two identical ruled transparent sheets of plastic, superposing them, and rotating one about its center as the other is held fixed.” – wolfram.com “Now a moire pattern… is actually a very good analog… Continue reading
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Art About Music: Simeon Solomon’s “A prelude by Bach” (1868)
This photo was submitted by my friend (and brettworks blog reader) Talia. She notes: “Simeon Solomon’s life and work seem pretty interesting. I’m not quite into Victorian art, but this gathering reminds me of playing easy Bach pieces for family members. And maybe it looks even more interesting in the age of social distancing.” Continue reading
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