In a message dated 11/26/2005 11:59:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but definitely not that serial stuff.) ********************** Definitely NOT so...
As 12 tone music becomes more historical....I find that it can not be so bad. In fact I like a lot of it. I 1st "got it" with Stravinsky's ballet "Agon" which is only partly 12 tone. [ Another great Balenchine ballet with no sets or costumes. ]Also his 12 tone Mass and another church piece called "Canticum Sacrum", which has a divine tenor solo ["sulge aquilo"] and also a fantastic movement for bass and chorus. It's very dry music. But then Alban Berg's serial stuff is very lush and almost romantic ["Lulu"] and I like it too. Even Copland wrote some serial stuff! It's not all the same. What it all takes...Opera, classical, serial, jazz, zydeco....whatever...is getting familiar with it and its vocab. The only way to do that is to be open minded and not dismiss it. Yes, some things one just doesn't like. But you should only decide that after repeated listenings. I remember in school I had to design Stravinsky's opera "Oedipus Rex" so naturally I went to the library and listened to it. I though "Jesus! What a bunch of caterwauling!" But of course on repeated listenings, I "got" it. It's now one of my all time faves. A great work of art. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
