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Are you a late bloomer? You have not won a Guggenheim by age 12? You came late to composition? Contests have already deemed you a loser because you are over a certain age? Then this is the group for YOU. Who else belongs to this group? Carter does!
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Location: For oldsters everywhere
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Latest Activity: Nov 21
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Being Too Old for Competitions is Just More Censorship and Artificial Control
how does a 42 year old composer get his name out there? What are the uphill battles? Ageism, is obviously one set back. Gann lists quite a few more... I'm not dead yet. What if I still have somethi...
Tagged: ageist, are, competitions
Started by peter thoegersen Oct 31.
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Comment by Jeffrey Quick on November 13, 2009 at 12:36pm -
Yeah, Sparky, but before that he had to deal with the Nazis and then the Stalinists. That late-50s thaw did him good. And I'd debate Haydn as a late bloomer.
Ruggles (nothing existent before 40s)
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Comment by peter thoegersen on November 2, 2009 at 9:29pm - I love Lutoslawski. I also did not know that about him. I am not worried about my own creative juices so much as I'm afraid of being excluded from success due to my age. Thank you for the comment.
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Comment by John "Sparky" Prokop on November 2, 2009 at 7:54pm - Lutoslawski's best material was written after his 48th (starting with Jeux venitiens), most of his material before that was not as strong, discounting, of course, his magnificent "Concerto for Orchestra".
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Comment by peter thoegersen on October 26, 2009 at 6:33pm
- The cat is Milko. He is fat and lazy. He is also really cute.
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Comment by peter thoegersen on October 26, 2009 at 6:32pm
- OK, who? Haydn, Beethoven (fairly standard before age 30), Wagner, Verdi, Janacek, Bruckner, Carter, Xenakis all would have lost a competition in early life. Sometimes juices get flowing at later life.
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Comment by peter thoegersen on October 26, 2009 at 6:26pm
- Hello and welcome to another Peter humor social criticism site. Sometimes old guys will come out of the woodwork and shock your goddamn balls off.
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