Klarinet Archive - Posting 000137.txt from 1998/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marching band
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:07:05 -0400

> > At 03:56 PM 9/29/98 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
> > >Musical from the standpoint that the elements are there. The one element
> > >that will never be in a marching show that is a major part of
> > >self-expression is spotantanity (did I spell that correctly?).
Bill responded
> > And your point is...? OK, marching shows aren't spontaneous. String
> > quartets do not have the sheer power of a marching band. Dixieland bands
> > lack precision. Computer music lacks expression. Modern atonal
> > compositions lack beauty. You don't have to have EVERYTHING in EVERYTHING
> > for it to be a valid musical expression.
Roger responded back:
> All of the forms you mention above have spontantanity......as with every
> musical medium I can think of (at least the complex ones). I don't argue
> it is not a musical expression - just that it is not one that has more
> colors and dynamic textures than it's concert hall counterpoint(s).
> Reread my first post - without removing the statement (and using just the
> closing example).........

Notice the words "colors" and "dynamic textures"? Case closed.

Roger Garrett
IWU

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