On 5 Jun 2002, at 17:32, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: > At 10:25 PM +0200 6/05/02, Paul Delcour wrote: > >You are entitled to what ever way you enjoy and make music, but in > >placing the notes before or over the lyrics you are forgetting that > >all composers started with the lyrics, were inspired by them and set > >their music according to the meaning of the words. > > Nah, that's not true. Lots of composers start with the tune, or > something else. I think your opinion is one (albeit an excellent one) > way among many of approaching the composition of a piece of choral > music.
Maybe that's true of Paul McCartney, but, er, well, isn't that a self- refuting argument? Throughout history, the text of a piece of music have been the chief generating point of musical content. Any other approach means that the text is irrelevant to the music, and that is a very unusual approach to any significant piece of musical expression. That is not to say, though, that great poetry necessarily generates great music. Many have argued quite the contrary, that bad poetry and bad librettos make the best songs and operas. But that's a different discussion! -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
