American Cacophony
Microtonal mayhem misses the mark
a triple concerto for sirens, drones & bullets
groaning ghosts pluck piano strings
extramusical praise: present (& past/future)
we're going around & round (sings the flute)
0:00 constant vivace
Alcotts double IV. played
Ives=crusty old coot
percussive violence
syncopated strings: polytonal dances
Moody barlines go barhopping
741 ideas ; 21 woods; 1904 eons
background music
a sparkling concert hall
Whitman spits on Emerson
16:23 (viola), contrasted 1947
Ralph's fragments
keys to the sky
rocky jazz
Pox on The Fox
Daddy contra (No.5 edition)
Sneering atonal waltzes (from a glum mustache)
“Who Cares If You Listen?”
Elliott got Carter (yearning for atonal spirit)
agitated woodwinds crushed by percussion
Symphony 20:02
Concord, Concord, Concord (sonata?)
please the phrase
please phrase your phases;
this ain't transcendentalism
Magnificent Desolation!
a universal string trio: Hawthorne approves
insert Feldmanesque pointillism (very slow, very quiet)
notate a Super Magnum--rotate a Super Maggot
supersymmetric pianos pulsate
tremendous trumpet triumphs
advanced anticlimax (requires spacetime)
Adagio seeks strings
ethereal, hear the sacrifice
“Hello Friends!” blurts the bearded babbler
listen: Cageian silent shock
enter: Varese sound masses!
sodelicious...Here!
optional glissandos
Lenny dances on the smog
Gershwin’s getting rhythm
Central Park serenades the Dark Unanswered Question
Mennin & Sessions, et al dying after Symphony #9
sloppy sonatas wait for Waldo
counterpoint delayed
the clarinet knows
the string quartet begs for an exorcism
major/minor note spinning
bombastic post-war movements
Obviously, sharing......
excellent musical time
in light seconds (1840–60)
performers: revealed
clusters of desolate Americanism
But here....1 Reply
answers go quickly on a Mysterious Mountain
unanswered (galactic) question
“music on my funeral…
thank you for posting”
Copyright © NJ Tomcatx | Year Posted 2025
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