On Jul 9, 2010, at 11:19 PM, Mike Beggs wrote:
> Scelsi is awesome, but that's really 'the aristocratic solution'.
I was, I have to admit, overcome with envy when I read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scelsi
> Born in the village of Pitelli near La Spezia, Scelsi spent most of his time in his mother's old castle where he received education from a private tutor who taught him Latin, chess and fencing. Later, his family moved to Rome and his musical talents were encouraged by private lessons with Giacinto Sallustio. In Vienna, as a disciple of Arnold Schönberg, he became the first adept of dodecaphony in Italy, although he did not continue to use this composition system. In the 1920s, Scelsi made friends with intellectuals like Jean Cocteau and Virginia Woolf, and travelled abroad extensively.
Under socialism, the aristocratic life for everyone!
Doug