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Classical Notes: November 10, 2006 Archive

Composers on Myspace

Posted at 5:15 PM on November 10, 2006 by Rex Levang

The latest newsletter from Boosey & Hawkes, the music publisher, explains that a number of their composers now have Myspace accounts: John Adams, Steve Reich, Christopher Rouse, and others.

Here's where you find out who the composers' friends are, (friends in the Myspace sense) and that among Christopher Rouse's influences are Hector Berlioz, Paul Simon, Peter Cushing and the Baltimore Ravens.