Wait a minute--how can anyone be wrong about what they like? Like any great
composer Bach offers more than just a single attribute, and I think that all
three comments here are very perceptive. When people make blanket statements
to the effect that "all atonal music is crap" I remind them that they
disqualify the 40th symphony of Mozart (the bit right ofter the double bar
in the finale) and the entrance of Glenda the good witch in "The Wizard of
Oz." And Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue"? I'd say it pushes a limit or
two.

Aaron J. Rabushka
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randolph Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960)


> Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote:
> Sure, I like Bach; I marvel especially at his contrapuntal
> creativity; I enjoy the sound of his music.
>
> Andrew Stiller wrote:
> Me, I like his grinding dissonances!
>
> dhbailey wrote:
> I like the percussiveness of so much of it...
>
> And I say:
> You're all wrong!
>
>
>
> -Randolph Peters
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