Nicolas Slonimsky on Frank Zappa

[sankfinatra]

Great!!!!



[bnaior]

Mr. Slonimsky was the man with the plan in opening the concert world to modern music, specifically American composers. He conducted, produced...beat the pavements for $ to get all kinds of works heard for the 1st time in the 1920's.

Such a nice coda to a life lived furthering the arts; the world owes him a huge debt of gratitude...no one was making money , but he kept things going...Stravinsky, Ives, Carter and more.

[thekwaze]

Who would have thought at the time that he would outlive Zappa?

[BitterBosh]

Fun fact: Slominsky named his cat 'Grody-to-the-Max' after learning the phrase from Moon Zappa!

[GordonMorrice]

I revere Zappa. A truly great piece of meat, he was. Varese was the master musician eccentric par excellence, a John the Baptist of diatonic wildness. Schopenhauer was right:

MUSIC IS THE ANSWER TO THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.

[jocovo84]

Frank was certainly a genius!

[Mrochlin1]

This interview speaks volumes about the REAL Frank Zappa!

[DouglasWatts]

This is very nice. Due to Zappa I began listening to Edgard Varese as a teenager and really liked the music. The role of a musician as translator and bridge maker is underappreciated.

[312chicagoadam]

Absolute Genious.

[stanchinsky]

" music is one, with a capital o" ... perfect. Thank you for sharing this.

[SteveSparx]

Two Geniuses

[Brianjonestown]

There's the real Zelig

[fevzl]

I hope I am as lucid and enthusiastic as Slonimsky at 89.

[mynameisandycostello]

Thank you so much for posting this... Slonimsky is one of the most monumental figures in all of 20th music.

[tkdbender]

Check out my channel I have some ideas I gleaned from this fantastic book

[j4unumber1]

Frank preferred to devote himself strictly to classical compositions, but he felt he could be more successful as a music artist dabbling in other genres. He was able to do this quite well also. A true original.

Overall, Frank Zappa is among the upper eschalon of sound artists of the 20th Century that most people probably never heard of.

Thank you GreggaryPeccary for the music you are offering.

[kaptbeefa]

Really dig this info!

Thank for this, GP

[AustinShowen]

Slonimsky was such a genius! His scales and melodic patterns book is mind-blowing!

[ReignOfPraine]

Try playing that grandmother chord, eh?

[stuffupthecracks]

This is fantastic. Slonimsky's comments seal Frank's musical reputation.

[777cc777]

music is One

great

[Synclovier]

i gotta check out the slonimsky book

[jubilman]

always the same with GreggaryPeccary he doesn't only allow us to discover and enjoy very valuable and rare gems but gives us also very interesting infos on the material.

Thanks for what u do Greg !