On May 25, 2007, at 7:04 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
I agree. But if it's non-tonal, it's not good.
Really? Berg's violin concerto is not good? Wozzeck and Lulu are not
good? *All* of Varèse is not good? Three of the four movements of
Ives' fourth symphony are not good? Pierrot Lunaire and Erwartung are
not good?
Are you *sure* you want to go there?
--The story is told of a visitor to the Louvre who struck up a
conversation w. the security guard, criticizing this painting and that,
finding fault with all and satisfied with none. Finally the guard could
take no more of this and said "Pardonnez moi, monsieur, but it is not
the *pictures* that are on trial here."
--A word to the wise.
And another thing: non-tonal and atonal are not synonyms. Most music,
in fact, is non-tonal: Medieval and Renaissance music, non-Western
music (all of it), rock music... Being charitable, I assume your
blanket condemnation does not extend to any of these musics, but is
limited to that properly called atonal. Even that puts you *way* out on
a limb.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
_______________________________________________
Finale mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
