> Rebe= l's Cahos is not really to the point, since it is a depiction of primordial Chaos. Mathias was questioning a dissonance that was presumably intended for the composer's well-ordered French universe.
There isn't much of a difference between an intended depiction and a well-ordered universe, in terms of musical means and ends, no? It would come as a surprise, though, with the opening chord of a dance IMHO. But I may be wrong. Mathias On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Jerzy Zak wrote: > Some of you may know the famous French work by Jean-F=E9ry Rebel, namely > "Les elemens" and its first part, "Le Cahos". Here you can clik and > listen to the first chord of it: > &g= t; The French were really full of imagination as far as the harmony > (sonority?) is concerned. =A0 -- To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html[2]= http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=3D64058= 3 References 1. 3D"http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html"; 2. 3D"http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=3D640583";
