Heres a comparison that makes me just a little cross. The number of national newspapers which ran either features or reviews of last weeks ESO Wall of Water project in London, which included fantastic works by four leading, living, women composers? NONE. The number of national newspapers which wasted space talking about a completely bogus and fraudulent theory that Anna Magdalena Bach wrote the Bach Cello Suites? APPARENTLY MOST OF THEM? The rationale? That this bogus, completely and totally baseless theory “raised important questions about female composers, and had huge implications that could ‘transform’ the confidence of young women hoping to make it today.” Huh???? If the national papers cared at all about women composers, theyd be discussing music written by women. They arent because they dont. Women, young and old, are writing great music by the bucketload right now. They dont need a transformation of their confidence via a transfusion of BS. They need opportunity and recognition. Same goes for the blokes. nationalreview/article/391379/bogus-bach-theory-gets-media-singing-tim-cavanaugh
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:46:25 +0000
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