At 09:23 AM 2/4/05 -0500, dhbailey wrote: >You mean to tell me that men are the only participants in a sexual >encounter who enjoy it? Come on, now, Dennis. That's not been my >experience! Why does the sexual analogy of the tension-release have to >be from a male point of view? I know of several women composers, one of >whom I know is older than me (I'm 52) and I'm not sure about the others, >who write music in the tension/release mode and their music is quite >well received by the audience, not just the male half of the audience.
I'm transporting a message on this one. Maybe our female participants can advise. The point of the 20-something female composer was that the whole concept was much more a male approach, adopted by female composers of the older generator who wanted their music played in a male-centered musical society. She believed that younger women today tended to create more organic compositions, including consonant music with non-functional harmony, i.e., not following the tension-release model. I listened politely, but I have to admit that in examining my new nonpop collection after she made that claim, it was surprising that among the composers under about age 40, the number of organic works was significantly higher among the women. My collection isn't a representative democracy, but I'd suggest that her thesis -- whether or not it is provable -- was certainly observable. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
