Tag: Mauricio Kagel
'EXCLUSIVE: Classicalite Q&A with George Fetner
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'Intuitively Yours, Karlheinz Stockhausen
The Aughts were especially tough on Modernism. Starting in 2001, we lost Iannis Xenakis. In 2003, Luciano Berio passed on. Three years later, György Ligeti expired in Vienna, and two years shy of making contact, Mauricio Kagel had his last, albeit post-modern laugh in 2010. Woe be to the Darmstadt demigods of yore; the only one left standing is Pierre Boulez. And as the maître's made more than clear, on the front line of composition anyways, he will fight no more forever. Here in the States, Prof. Milton Babbitt, l'éminence grise of Princeton, stretched his earthly tenure to 94 years. But his death in January of 2011 integrally reminded us that the end of Elliott Carter, who would've turned 104 this December, was nigh. -
'TD Five Boro Bike Tour 2013 Map: Alternate Route...via Mauricio Kagel
Always keen to make any cycling-slash-music connection, we here at Classicalite couldn't be bigger fans of the late composer Mauricio Kagel--especially his more theatrical, perhaps even impish work.
