Previn's petty put down of Les Baxter
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thepooles-1 — 10 years ago(June 14, 2015 05:37 AM)
In Wikipedia there was info on Previn's ridicule of Baxter's musicianship. Baxter got lucky with his "Exotica" albums- so what? Those who work in the film scoring and pop music business know it's all a crap shoot and a lottery type endeavor but learn to live with that. Previn seems to be annoyed at another's ephemeral good fortune.
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TrevorAclea — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 07:01 PM)
Previn has always been enormously snobby about his film work, regarding it as worthless trash done for uneducated idiots that he had the talent to escape into 'proper' music (rather ironic considering many classical conductors regard his conducting as downmarket populism that trivialises many of the classics). With such a low opinion of his own oeuvre it's no surprise he has even less regard for those who remained mired in the swamps. Putting down Baxter is just another way of emphasising how above the untalented Hollywood rabble Previn was.
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thepooles-1 — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 07:22 PM)
I think I read somewhere that Bernard Herrmann referred to Previn as that "jazz boy" needing to slight him as an encroacher on Herrmann's hallowed turf. Previn's high self regard probably explains how he's managed to charm the rubes for decades. What must have Leornard Bernstein said about Previn? I don't think it would have been praise. Bernstein evidently was a super envious type and could be venal in the extreme. We need to think that those who have created works which have given such joy to many as beyond pettiness but alas that is not the case.
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Akzidenz_Grotesk — 10 years ago(August 15, 2015 10:38 AM)
What must have Leornard Bernstein said about Previn? I don't think it would have been praise. Bernstein evidently was a super envious type and could be venal in the extreme
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Lenny was a catty one, I have read!
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thepooles-1 — 10 years ago(August 15, 2015 10:57 AM)
Yes, that is what I've read. Evidently while watching Koussevisky thrillingly conduct a Mahler work he sat on his hands during the standing ovations. His companion wondered why he wasn't joining in. His response was he was too envious. So with talent and skill comes venal ego.