Is Sorabji musically valid?

[ahinton]

Actually, Ali, I was referring to a crowd you should be quite familiar with: the Piano Forum crowd; the crowd of boys you try to impress with your stilted gabble—the equivalent of Sorabji’s music in writing.
 
—Ryan

It really matters less than nought what "crowd" you might have been referring to, but let me take your response seriously, a bit at a time.

Firstly, the "crowd" that responds - and has responded - positively to Sorabji's music is not, has never been and will never be confined to a group of people who of necessity happen to subscribe to this or any other similar forum (and in so saying I am not, of course, seeking to undermine this forum).

Secondly, I am not aware that this forum's membership is confined to "boys", as you appear to  imply above.

Thirdly, I do not seek to "impress" anyone anywhere with the words that I write - I leave that kind of thing to people like you, while I merely endeavour from time to time and when seemingly appropriate to input some useful data and ideas in respect of the composer whose work happens to be in my charge.

As to "stilted gabble" - well, I'll leave that to the experts like you who, to quote again, this time from John Milton (a not inconsiderable English poet, as I imagine you may agree), would seem to be epitomised in the words

"A miscellaneous rabble, who extol
Things vulgar, and well-weigh'd, scarce worth the praise?
They praise and they admire they know not what,
And know not whom, but as one leads the other:
And what delight to be by such extoll'd,
To live upon their tongues and be their talk,
Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise,
His lot who dares be singularly good.
Th'intelligent among them and the wise
Are few, and glory scarce of few is raised."

Again, I stress, not my words...

And finally, as to your assessment of "the equivalent of Sorabji’s music in writing", whatever that may or may not mean - well, since this notion appears to have no obvious accompanying scientific support, I will not dignify it by endeavouring to confect and attach one to it...

Best,

Alistair