Opus Sorabjianum: New Book on Sorabji

[ahinton]

Marc-André Roberge's long-awaited volume on Sorabji - Opus Sorabjianum - has now been published and is available for free download (see https://www.mus.ulaval.ca/roberge/srs/07-prese.htm for details).

Best,

Alistair

[j_menz]

One trusts the scholarship is superior to the latin of its title.

[ahinton]

One trusts the scholarship is superior to the latin of its title.

Read it for yourself and decide for yourself. You'd have to take that up with the author in any case. And should "Latin" have a capital "L"?

Best,

Alistair

[j_menz]

And should "Latin" have a capital "L"?

Best,

Alistair

My spellchecker believes so, but I like to disagree with it on some matters.

[ahinton]

My spellchecker believes so, but I like to disagree with it on some matters.

Whilst you are, of course, entitled to do so, it is perhaps worth noting that it cannot answer back...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

What a wonderful gift. Whilst I do not always care for Sorabji's music, I do find him a fascinating character.

It warms the heart that someone would give away, what must have been years of work, for nothing.

Top marks.

Thal

[ahinton]

What a wonderful gift. Whilst I do not always care for Sorabji's music, I do find him a fascinating character.

It warms the heart that someone would give away, what must have been years of work, for nothing.

Top marks.

Thal

Indeed. It has certainly been a very lengthy labour of love on Marc-André Roberge's part and his thoroughness and fastidiousness not only in research but also in presentation is peerless.

Enjoy!

Best,

Alistair

[theholygideons]

Wow, Cool stuff.

[ted]

Thank you for posting this amazing document, Alistair. I started reading thinking I wouldn't be interested but ended up reading the whole fascinating lot and now it is almost bedtime. Fancy him wearing out a Virgil Practice Clavier ! They are very simple and very tough, so he must have really thrashed it.

[theholygideons]

Does it have anything like a harmonic analysis of his music?
i don't understand it very much and therefore I don't think I'll be able to play sorabji..

[davidjosepha]

Whilst you are, of course, entitled to do so, it is perhaps worth noting that it cannot answer back...

Best,

Alistair

I used to think you were very serious but lately I've been thinking you just have a really dry sense of humor. Can you confirm?

[ahinton]

I used to think you were very serious but lately I've been thinking you just have a really dry sense of humor. Can you confirm?

Whilst it is probably not my place to do so, my concern here is that these two things might be considered mutually exclusive; why should they be?!

Best,

Alistair