tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post3895476242197857300..comments2024-03-26T01:59:52.206-04:00Comments on Just outside: Brian Olewnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08567239067604835372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154988.post-76264104289391955792008-03-10T08:34:00.000-04:002008-03-10T08:34:00.000-04:00FWIW, Thallmann Variations was written in 1974, th...FWIW, Thallmann Variations was written in 1974, the variations on the People United were completed in 1975. Cause Cardew & Rzewski knew each other, without research there'd be no easy answer as to how much either of them may have influenced the other in these works. I think you're right in thinking that the Rzewski piece is both more formally complex and more emotionally involved, though. <BR/><BR/>The issues you raise of politics and class origins are complex but, especially in Europe, it's not uncommon for people born outside of the working class to understand and empathize with political analyses that favor the working class.Herb Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361075879064632458noreply@blogger.com