Klarinet Archive - Posting 000208.txt from 2006/04

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Newsletter
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:10:53 -0400

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retiredprof55@-----.net wrote:
> Audience-friendly contemporary art music consists of modern compositions
> written by living composers that are based in tonality, that contain a
> recognizable melodic idea, that use dissonance with discretion, that
> exhibit craftmanship in keeping with the art music tradition, and are
> acoustic rather than electronic.

I don't consider it "friendly" to condescend to me by assuming that I
won't appreciate works that are dissonant or electronic or not primarily
melodic in nature.

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