Yeah, I didn't think the specific email from Lebrecht showed his raging misogyny or whatever, but he has certainly shown his feelings more openly previously. Like you said, I think she saw her opportunity and took it. Everybody knew who he was and tolerated it because...society always tolerates jerks who make us money, attention, fame, excitement, etc. Until it's untenable. Good for her for finally knocking him out for a little bit. Hopefully he takes this opportunity to retire rather than double-down.
NTT: this piece sounds SO much like Varèse that I have to lead off with him, and tbh I'm going to have a tough time coming up with other names. Plus, the time and place comport with the clue.
Right at the end there, it sounded a little like Messiaen, so I'll add him.
The only other name I can conjure would be Milton Babbitt, and not because this sounds anything like his music, but because he was an avant garde composer who was actually a songwriter manqué (he was Stephen Sondheim's private teacher) who hoped to get a show up on Broadway.
NTT: I also immediately thought Varèse but can’t picture him being involved with a musical… Hovhaness also came to mind. I’ll throw Stravinsky in as a last guess thinking about his works for the stage, though again, I don’t know that I’d picture him working on a musical. Tricky.
NTT: Lots of percussion, and something that sounds clave-adjacent. I'd guess Revueltas, but he died well before 1950. Given that it's from a musical, surely someone living in the US. Here's guessing not Weill.
As for Yuja, I concur with your assessment. I figured NL would've fired back on his blog by now, but I haven't seen anything.
Yeah, I didn't think the specific email from Lebrecht showed his raging misogyny or whatever, but he has certainly shown his feelings more openly previously. Like you said, I think she saw her opportunity and took it. Everybody knew who he was and tolerated it because...society always tolerates jerks who make us money, attention, fame, excitement, etc. Until it's untenable. Good for her for finally knocking him out for a little bit. Hopefully he takes this opportunity to retire rather than double-down.
NTT: this piece sounds SO much like Varèse that I have to lead off with him, and tbh I'm going to have a tough time coming up with other names. Plus, the time and place comport with the clue.
Right at the end there, it sounded a little like Messiaen, so I'll add him.
The only other name I can conjure would be Milton Babbitt, and not because this sounds anything like his music, but because he was an avant garde composer who was actually a songwriter manqué (he was Stephen Sondheim's private teacher) who hoped to get a show up on Broadway.
NTT: I also immediately thought Varèse but can’t picture him being involved with a musical… Hovhaness also came to mind. I’ll throw Stravinsky in as a last guess thinking about his works for the stage, though again, I don’t know that I’d picture him working on a musical. Tricky.
NTT: Lots of percussion, and something that sounds clave-adjacent. I'd guess Revueltas, but he died well before 1950. Given that it's from a musical, surely someone living in the US. Here's guessing not Weill.
As for Yuja, I concur with your assessment. I figured NL would've fired back on his blog by now, but I haven't seen anything.