Episode 23: Jan Swafford

Jan Swafford is an American biographer, composer and backpacking-enthusiast. He's written books on Beethoven, Brahms, Ives, and (the most recent) Mozart.

Jan Swafford's website: https://janswafford.com

Jan Swafford's books: https://www.waterstones.com/books/sea...

Opening track: Jan Swafford's They That Mourn

Timestamps:

(0:47) Backpacking

(3:47) Truth in Nature

(4:38) Landscape & Music

(6:15) Music Problem Solving

(9:33) Composing routine

(11:44) The reason for composing

(13:48) Feeling emotional

(14:20) Expression vs Originality

(17:03) Modern traditions of composing

(18:35) Writing from emotion

(20:53) The Fuel for Revolution

(33:40) Film composing

(43:12) Advice for aspiring composers