>I got into a debate with someone over Postmodernism, and realized >that I had no clear idea of what the term was supposed to mean when >applied to music.
Here's my understanding: "Pomo" does not apply to a work itself or to its creator. It applies to a style of analysis that can be imposed upon any work by any creator--the work is "deconstructed" and a Marxist-Eco-Feminist-Social, etc. framework is imposed upon it, regardless of fit. I am perhaps revealing a dislike of Pomo here, but I am not alone among my professor colleagues. For a light-hearted view of a movement which is thoroughly lacking in humor and utterly self-absorbed and unwilling to examine itself, go here: http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/postmodern/ Also visit the NAS website, www.nas.org Flame away, Pomo fans! JCW _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
