Grove: Lansky
from David Cope New Directions in Music: interview with Paul Lansky
John Harbison (from Bryan Simms, Anthology of 20th Century Music): Two Tanglewood Talks
All of these are in the binder.

Use the questions to guide your note-taking. Do not quote verbatim from the book without putting quotes around it. When taking the quiz, try to paraphrase as much as possible, but if you have to use something verbatim, use quotation marks and cite the source.

questions:

1) With whom did Paul Lansky study?

2) What has Lansky experimented with in his music?

3) How does Lansky create "audience engagement" in his electronic works?

4) What is "the danger in designing software for creative purposes" and how can one avoid those dangers?

5) How does Lansky's philosophy of noise-as-music differ from Cage's?

6) Should composers incorporate pop music into their own compositional style, according to Harbison, and if so, what type of pop music?

7) Do composers choose what kind of music they write?

8) What does Harbison say about great music becoming "clear with time?"

9) Summarize Harbison's point on the terms "accessible" and "difficult."

10) Why should musicians promote music that doesn't necessarily fit with their own aethetic view?