tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135971977335219160.post4323177282789829837..comments2023-03-22T05:34:36.857-07:00Comments on This is Art (in Progress): "Silent Night" at the OperaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05730282710146292441noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135971977335219160.post-6430255592814817382012-02-12T17:57:43.297-08:002012-02-12T17:57:43.297-08:00The problem these days is that anyone can write a ...The problem these days is that anyone can write a review online. It is so absurd that you think my opera is written in "one style" that it is almost beyond belief. The music of each army could not BE more distinct. When the three armies finally come together in truce, the style is perhaps more "general", perhaps more my own, maybe even somewhat American. The fact that you think I was trying to write "my opera rather than the opera of the Christmas truce opera" or whatever you said is beyond inane. My only concern was to set this beautiful story the way it needed to be set, with little or no regard for making my own stylistic statement.<br /><br />Maybe you are referring to the fact that the whole opera sounds "classical" rather than including hip hop, ragtime, reggae, country...? I dont know, I am truly at a loss. Maybe you should listen to the serious concert music (maybe even some opera) of the last 150 years and educate yourself before you put stuff like this online.<br /><br />I write music to be "gotten", to be understood. I am not one of those composers living in an ivory tower. It saddens me when it is not understood the way I intended it to be understood. KPKevin Putsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135971977335219160.post-58382644336710992702011-11-21T22:59:41.087-08:002011-11-21T22:59:41.087-08:00You know what? Thank you for your input! If you ...You know what? Thank you for your input! If you noticed all that, I'll admit that I could probably use a second listen. Given that I was watching, reading, listening and drawing all at once I could easily have missed those influences. I hope that sometime soon I can get ahold of a recording of the show and give it another listen. If I notice the same things I'll definitely reconsider my opinion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730282710146292441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6135971977335219160.post-43574452882080592112011-11-21T18:02:05.789-08:002011-11-21T18:02:05.789-08:00The three armies DID have distinct musical styles....The three armies DID have distinct musical styles. Did you not hear the Bach fugue at the beginning of the German bunker scene? Or the Mozart and Schubert influences during the opera singers' scenes? How about the transparency of the orchestration in the French scenes? How about the Benjamin Britten influences of the Scottish scenes? I felt that Mr. Puts' music ran the gamut from minimalism to heart-on-your-sleeve-post-romanticism. <br /><br />I may not agree with your opinion, but I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for your review and your AMAZING sketches!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com