Trump On Classical Music

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

How many American composers were not American?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

'obos are the one's that aren't born-again Republicans, surely? Anyway, this is outright party political territory without any obviously serious association with music and its practice, so I wonder why thsi thread has yet to be closed...

I think that the very lack of "serious association" is its saving point - even if the potential outcome couldn't be more serious: that of this Internet Troll Incarnate getting voted into power - and there ain't much any of us can do about that "over here">

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

How many American composers were not American?

Is it seven?

[ahinton]

I think that the very lack of "serious association" is its saving point - even if the potential outcome couldn't be more serious: that of this Internet Troll Incarnate getting voted into power - and there ain't much any of us can do about that "over here">

There are Trumps in Bridge - and at least Bridge was a composer (and a very fine one at that) - but any musical association with the yet more dangerous alternative Cruz missile entirely escapes me...

[ahinton]

Is it seven?

Not so far as I know; isn't that the number of nationalities that the decidedly non-American Maurice Ohana had?...

[richardfinegold]

How did "Big Julie" cope?

[richardfinegold]

I think that the very lack of "serious association" is its saving point - even if the potential outcome couldn't be more serious: that of this Internet Troll Incarnate getting voted into power - and there ain't much any of us can do about that "over here">

Or over here either--though we did our best in Chicago!
I voted today--I felt the Bern

[MrGongGong]

Politics ok as long as it's in America then

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Is it seven?

This is interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Composers_Apprenticeship_Project