tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-14596313025769816082007-12-13T16:06:00.000Z2007-12-13T16:06:00.000ZPliable, thanks for that highly interesting quote from McPhee. My having examined the scores to Eichheim I have to doubt the intimacy of McPhee's acquaintance with them, for while Eichheim's basic style does show a general french influence, it is hardly "dished-up impressionism". Eichheim deeply incorporates the ethnic melismas, instruments and rhythms in each of his works to a degree which which I think equals McPhee's. The one work of Eichheim's which may be a bit softened around the edges is his suite for small orchestra Oriental Impressions. One day I hope everyone can hear all this music. It can only add to the depth of American music and serve to yet again disprove the theories of linearity that attempt to prove some inexorable stylistic progression toward a generalized avant-garde. Eichheim, McPhee and Harrison prove that their pursuits were no mere byway.JWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09520926883774598349noreply@blogger.com