I'm curious-- how many people here either first came to love classical music through reading Bukowski, or greatly expanded and deepened their understanding and enjoyment of said music through encountering his work?
I'm in the latter group. I could never thank Hank enough for the happily-non-stuffy schooling that he gave me in this incredible music across various eras and composers! From early childhood, I loved both reading and music, but Buk brought them together in ways which still reverberate in my life today.
On the literary front, I ordered three Bukowski books last night (though it's not at all my first time around with two of them!): Ham on Rye, which is my fave Bukowski work, period, Women (I've read much, if not most, of it in an anthology but decided to finally buy the book), and You Get So Alone At Times That It Finally Makes Sense (never read it, except for certain poems here and there, but can't wait to dig into it!).
On the musical front, two days ago, I ordered a mammoth classical CD/DVD set from my favorite living pianist, Maurizio Pollini. (My wallet will definitely need some time to recover from these literary and musical acquisitions!)
Bukowski and classical music-- as the years and decades pass, the more that I read and listen, the more I love 'em! :)
For anyone who is curious, here's a short video about the Pollini box set:
I'm in the latter group. I could never thank Hank enough for the happily-non-stuffy schooling that he gave me in this incredible music across various eras and composers! From early childhood, I loved both reading and music, but Buk brought them together in ways which still reverberate in my life today.
On the literary front, I ordered three Bukowski books last night (though it's not at all my first time around with two of them!): Ham on Rye, which is my fave Bukowski work, period, Women (I've read much, if not most, of it in an anthology but decided to finally buy the book), and You Get So Alone At Times That It Finally Makes Sense (never read it, except for certain poems here and there, but can't wait to dig into it!).
On the musical front, two days ago, I ordered a mammoth classical CD/DVD set from my favorite living pianist, Maurizio Pollini. (My wallet will definitely need some time to recover from these literary and musical acquisitions!)
Bukowski and classical music-- as the years and decades pass, the more that I read and listen, the more I love 'em! :)
For anyone who is curious, here's a short video about the Pollini box set:
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