„Every composer should be locked in, but in a comfortable way of course“, wrote Giacinto Scelsi, himself a composer, once. There is also a famous case in music history where this happened to a composer against his will: Because Johann Sebastian Bach wanted to leave the service and take up another position, his employer, Prince Wilhelm Ernst von Weimar, threw him in jail for almost a whole month. However, since Bach did not change his mind in the meantime and continued to work on his "Orgelbüchlein", the prince ultimately had to release him. The corona pandemic probably gives us the first opportunity to test the Scelsian imperative in practice for its suitability with some statistical relevance . Certainly, the lockdown does not mean a big change in the way composers work unless you want to compose an entire trio during a billiard game like Mozart. I think that many composers are sorely missing social contacts at the moment. However, some, like me, finally have an e...
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