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There is a specific Glass style that is a repeated and evolving arpeggio syncopated against an Alberti bass, which sounds more like some Handel (e.g. Zadok the
by motohagiography 6y ago
There is a specific Glass style that is a repeated and evolving arpeggio syncopated against an Alberti bass, which sounds more like some Handel (e.g. Zadok the Priest vs. Glass' Mishima V) than a lot of Bach, but Handel was a Bach contemporary. Dinnerstein is a master, so I have no doubt she hears structure and form between the two I can't appreciate yet.
Though I know more than one Bach specialist who would literally spit if you compared Glass to him as well.
But there is something about both Bach and Glass where the music has an effect. It's not about a performance or a spectacle, it's a very intimate conversation. It's like it loads up part of your brain so you can't focus on anything else, and then uses your attention to reveal these little subtleties. When you listen to Glass, you can hear how he understands human attention and form. I think we're going to discover a lot about music in this century.
- kimi 6y agoBach (JS) was not a Bach contemporary. His music felt rather "old-school" at his time. In his life, he was considered the master of all masters only as an organ tuner.
- motohagiography 6y agoI had thought that Bach (JS) was influenced by Handel, but then read they were born the same year and did not meet. In terms of the influence of early and baroque music on Glass, Bach's giant and diverse catalogue could contain specific influential pieces (Vivaldi also wrote a massive number of pieces in the same era that apparently influenced Bach), but when you listen to the Handel's styled and less formal music, that's the baroque music I would say has more in common with Glass' style.