Blog 8

I found the entry on analysis interesting because I have never thought about how many different types of musical analysis there are. Also, as part of the History comps, I read about ETA Hoffmann's essay on Beethoven's Fifth, so it was neat to see that in there.

In the piece on criticism, the end of the second paragraph "Nevertheless Hanslick is still highly readable" made me want to read something by Hanslick, and see if I think it's readable!

Gioia makes an interesting point that many music reviews don't actually say much about the music. I always find it frustrating to read pop music reviews because I find it hard to get any idea of what the music actually sounds like. It seems like our culture is obsessed with appearance and gossip about recording artists, rather than caring about them primarily as musicians.

Seitz: I don't know if I usually read film reviews with the thinking about whether the critic is writing about the filmmaking or other aspects. I will definitely consider it the next time I read a film review.