'Brecht's rejection of certain sorts of music was so extreme that he invented another variety of music making, which he called 'misuc'. Misuc he regarded as a way of music making basically differing from music, since it is misuc and not music.
Brecht's efforts in this field were really based upon his dislike of Beethoven's symphonies- 'his music always reminds me of battles'.
For a musician, it is difficult to describe misuc. Above all it is not decadent and formalist, but extremely close to the people. It recalls, perhaps, the singing of washing women in a back courtyard on Sunday afternoons.Brecht's dislike of music ceremoniously produced in large concert halls by painstaking gentlemen in tails also forms a constituent of misuc. In misuc nobody may wear tails and nothing may be ceremonious. Misuc aims at being a branch of the arts which avoids something frequently produced by symphony concerts and operas- emotional confusion. Brecht was never ready to hand in his brain at the cloakroom. He regarded the use of reason as one of the best recreations'
- Hanns Eisler
Regular posting to resume over the weekend.
Brecht's efforts in this field were really based upon his dislike of Beethoven's symphonies- 'his music always reminds me of battles'.
For a musician, it is difficult to describe misuc. Above all it is not decadent and formalist, but extremely close to the people. It recalls, perhaps, the singing of washing women in a back courtyard on Sunday afternoons.Brecht's dislike of music ceremoniously produced in large concert halls by painstaking gentlemen in tails also forms a constituent of misuc. In misuc nobody may wear tails and nothing may be ceremonious. Misuc aims at being a branch of the arts which avoids something frequently produced by symphony concerts and operas- emotional confusion. Brecht was never ready to hand in his brain at the cloakroom. He regarded the use of reason as one of the best recreations'
- Hanns Eisler
Regular posting to resume over the weekend.
