Klarinet Archive - Posting 000497.txt from 2001/11
From: "Heinemann, Stephen" <sjh@-----.edu> Subj: [kl] Straw men and composition Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:20:13 -0500
> Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
> You set up a straw man and rip him to shreds with your arguments against
> simple 3 and 4-chord pop song harmony. Serious composition gets quite a
> bit more elaborate than that, doesn't it?
>
> [snip]
>
> The trouble with 12-tone, etc., is that the composers attempt to
> substitute
> mathematics for inspiration. The result is about as interesting as
> balancing your checkbook!
>
Regarding the latter: Boy, talk about your straw man. Nobody who had ever
seriously listened to "12-tone, etc." (God knows what the "etc."
encompasses) or studied post-tonal theory could ever believe that.
Irritatedly yours,
Steve Heinemann
Bradley University
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Dr. Stephen Heinemann
Associate Professor of Music
Theory/Composition/Clarinet
Bradley University
Peoria, IL 61625
(309)677-2603
sjh@-----.edu
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