René Leibowitz (17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a Polish, later naturalised French, composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher. He was …
10 responses to “René Leibowitz, 'Marijuana,' Variations non sérieuses Op. 54 (1960)”
He's a genius. This is great. I discovered him as a conductor. Now I love him as a composer too. His conducting of Beethoven's 5th Symphony is the best. And this composition is brilliant.
marijuana is great,as for"immediate information" Leibowitz was among the first Europeans to smoke pot, he grew it himself and used the money to pay for his poorer students who couldn't afford music lessons, there is even a strain named after him. He also enjoyed Morphine, Adderal, Cocaine, LSD, PCP, MDMA among others
He's a genius. This is great. I discovered him as a conductor. Now I love him as a composer too. His conducting of Beethoven's 5th Symphony is the best. And this composition is brilliant.
… in ihren konzeptionell " bescheidenen" Mitteln sehr schöne, markante moderne Komposition
Can't believe such an intellectual was on drugs…
I didn't even know until now he was a composer….. why do you never hear of him as one? Even Adorno gets more credit!
marijuana is great,as for"immediate information" Leibowitz was among the first Europeans to smoke pot, he grew it himself and used the money to pay for his poorer students who couldn't afford music lessons, there is even a strain named after him. He also enjoyed Morphine, Adderal, Cocaine, LSD, PCP, MDMA among others
Who are the painters? Any of Schoenberg's work?
I think this is very serius, the rythm has a particular haze, you can feel the veil moving 😉
Thanks for the uploading!
Re-released in 2013 on LEIBOWITZ | compositeur 2cd set plus 150 page booklet
on divox CDX-21103/4
Webernよりもloose!
released in 1996 by divox as CDX-29303