Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 2004/05

From: Allen Levin <alevin@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Rossini Variations
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 16:33:39 -0400

I don't knock formulaic writing. It is a hallmark of a composer's style
and - vocabulary. (Look at Haydn. Many of his symphony movements are
interchangeable. But they still go somewhere. And the listener is happy
to be along for the ride.

Don't ask me to explain Ives. Sometimes he's good. Sometimes he's off the
wall. There is an Ives "sound"; but it is much less consistent than you or
I would like.

Allen
changed styles with every other composition. Besides, a formula
>has several beneficial effects: (1) you can write faster; (2)
>your style becomes recogniziable and you become known; (3) people
>can make a living writing about your style.
>
>As for Charles Ives, if he had a style, I'm still looking for it.

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