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In Reply to: RE: Gavin Bryars: The Sinking of the Titanic. Likes/Dislikes? posted by Cosmic Closet on May 10, 2008 at 11:14:02
even though I rarely play it.
There are all sorts of music and I find some works to be solitary works, best listened to alone when one has the time to give the music full attention, and other works to be more social, able to be listened to in company, or when doing other things, and still appreciated greatly even if not as much as one appreciates them when one gives them one's full attention. "The Sinking of the Titanic" is a solitary work, as is Bryars' "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet". Both are slowly paced and slowly unfolding which are major reasons why they demand undivided attention for their appreciation, and both yield much more pleasure than one expects when one gives them that attention.
David Aiken
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