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Entry: Happy 276th, Papa! Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/happy_276th_papa#22067 Post contents: Paul, we had one in Messiaen. Start out with his earlier organ music. And for wit, John Adams comes close. Try his "Fearful Symmetries" for a long journey from cool jazz to a whole new world -- and thus the transcendence of our current cultural scene. Then try his early and maybe best achievement, the ne plus ultra of Minimalism and perhaps the supreme artistic achievement in the religion of Californianity: his "Common Tones in Simple Time". When the deep base petal point enters the affect is sublime; the climax is mystical transport, the conclusion the best ritardando since Mahler's 9th, 4 mvt. Sent at: 2009 01 09