> > My theory (and I really miss being able to discuss it with Andrew) is > > that the return to simplicity and melody in the early 20th century was > > in reaction to the increasing complexity of late romantic harmony, and > > that 20th century American popular music was and is the result of that > > stylistic change, while all the 20th century experimental stylistic > > movements are simply an unnatural late outgrowth of post-romantic > > excess which survive precisely because academia has nourished and > > protected them from the influence of public opinion.
John, I'm so used to the narrative of the late 19th century breakdown of tonality leading to free atonality then on to serialism that I don't even know what return to simplicity and melody in the *early* 20th C you are referring to. What composers/salient pieces are you thinking of? Thanks much, Stu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
