Klarinet Archive - Posting 000471.txt from 1997/12

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Performance nausea was Re: your mail
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:53:46 -0500

On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:

>
> I guess I am interested in knowing if it is H. Owen Reed or Alfred Reed
> you speak of? It would be helpful if you gave a complete name.....even a
> title! However, you may have a rare disease that is brought about when
> certain harmonies are combined for musical effect. In fact, a riot broke
> out when Stavinsky's Rite of Spring was premiered.......and many people
> recact with nausea to 12 tone music.....then of course, my wife can't
> stand jazz.....while on the other hand, I am not personally fond of
> Country Western (although lately......). Have you asked a physician??
>
> Roger Garrett
> IWU
>
>
Actually you may be onto something there, Roger.... I find that minimalist
music (like the music to Powaqatsi, the composer's name escapes me
momentarily) causes me great stress because, of course, there is little in
the way of traditional resolution to dissonance. It is in fact continual
dissonance , more or less. I had to sit in a class and listen to an
entire selection of this stuff, after which I felt the compelling urge to
go outside for a smoke!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu