Klarinet Archive - Posting 000499.txt from 2001/11

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Straw men and composition
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:46:02 -0500

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:20:13 -0600, sjh@-----.edu said:

> > Bill Hausmann wrote:
> >
> > 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.

I agree.

There's a lot of music in that world that's much more interesting than
your checkbook.

(Unless you're much *more* interesting than I think you are;-)

Tony
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