Aesthetes have it all over intellectuals in one very important respect: You'll rarely catch us hustling anyone off to the nearest guillotine. We're too busy trying to make the world more beautiful. Our hands are stained with ink and paint, not blood. Terry Teachout aesthetebeautifulblood share on social
Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz. Terry Teachout americanclassicalcomposer Change image and share on social
Everybody in America was talking about TV early in 1949, though comparatively few Americans owned a set of their own. Terry Teachout americaamericancomparatively Change image and share on social
Critics at their best are independent voices; people take seriously their responsibility to see as many things as they can see, put them in the widest possible perspective, educate their readers. I really do think of myself as a teacher. Terry Teachout criticeducateindependent share on social
No, I don't know how to get young people to start listening to jazz again. But I do know this: Any symphony orchestra that thinks it can appeal to under-30 listeners by suggesting that they 'should' like Schubert and Stravinsky has already lost the battle. Terry Teachout appealbattlejazz share on social
The first play I ever saw - I was in junior high school - was a high school production of Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit,' which seemed to me absolutely magical. Terry Teachout absolutelyblithecoward Change image and share on social
The wonderful thing about theater as an art form is it's a purely empirical art form. It's all about what works. And every show, every production, is created anew right from the moment you go into the rehearsal hall. Terry Teachout anewartcreate share on social
Even if I could, I wouldn't want to undo the transformation of jazz into a sophisticated art music. Terry Teachout artjazzmusic Change image and share on social
Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others. Terry Teachout deafdoubtfeel Change image and share on social
Instrumental music is nonverbal and thus radically ambiguous. It doesn't lend itself to what might be called content-oriented analysis, though plenty of intellectuals have tried to analyze it in precisely that way. Terry Teachout ambiguousanalysisanalyze share on social
