Charles Ives was a natural composer who played with themes and variations like a kitten does a ball of yarn. His contemporary Salieri, Samuel Barber, exhibited traits of the eponymous syndrome and spent grueling hours and strained psychologically to match the productivity and fluidity of Ives, despite not possessing the innate talent to do so... ...yet he produced one of the most recognized compositions by even laymens ear, Adagio for Strings, a work almost synonymous with angst, torment, and overwhelming grief. It seems sometimes the struggle itself becomes the collective fuel for the inspiration of the product.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:56:05 +0000