A recent exchange of emails with the composer Christopher Fox touched on Morton Feldman. Christopher commented, ‘My “problem” with Feldman, and it is just mine and not a problem, is that he was not an innovator; but has there ever been a conservative composer who took more risks?’. This led me to consider the value of innovation, the need for risk and the nature of the risks we take.

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前奏曲和佳能

最近与作曲家克里斯托弗福克斯的电子邮件交流触及了莫顿费尔德曼。克里斯托弗评论说，“我对费尔德曼的“问题”是他不是一个创新者，这只是我的问题，而不是问题。但是有没有一个保守的作曲家冒更大的风险？这让我开始思考创新的价值、对风险的需求以及我们所承担风险的性质。