OK. I agree with most what you said. Note, however, that I was not very strict in my division: I qualified Vangelis' music as *nearly* popular. Note also that actually you are supporting Jim's point of view, the same as I do... to some extent. As a bonus to fractalers, I am attaching a piece of music in .MID format, that was "composed" by a non-fractal program I wrote. I must recognize it is one of the best from this program. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W." <juanw@shaw.ca> To: <fractint@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTD 29-12-01 (The Secret of Time [4])
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo M. Forno" <rforno@tutopia.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [Fractint] FOTD 29-12-01 (The Secret of Time [4])
I have never said "old music good, new music bad". In fact, I love Stravinsky and some others. I like some and dislike some, both new and
old
music. I only pointed to the fact that new classical (note: classical, not nearly popular such as Vangelis') music is usually (note: usually) harsher and more dissonant than older music. Regarding "harsh and dissonant music" that has been written in the past, I'd like to know some examples, not being the Capriccio Stravagante by Carlo Farina I mentioned before.
This arbitrary division between "classical" and "popular" obscures the fact that lots of great music is being written right now, and it's popular, as was Mozart in his day. I think, however that the *form* of music may be altering, because so much of it is tied to visuals. John Williams still produces great movie music...just listen to the "Harry Potter" score, as does Ennio Moricone and the synthesizer guys like Vangelis and the elder and younger Jarres. We tend to sneer a little at "movie music", but surely this is the wave of the future? This is the only genre in which a composer can now make a living...the populace just does not flock to concert halls to hear the latest from a modern composer. Nowadays new music must be tailored in duration to suit a movie, a CD-ROM or an MP3 file, plus the attention span of modern audiences seems to be declining...maybe as a result of the introduction of the old vinyl record. It's very difficult to see the wood for the trees, but it seems to me that very little new music is *memorable*. I understand that after a Mozart recital, the audience would disperse, whistling or humming sections of the music they had heard. This mostly occurs these days only when Andrew Lloyd Webber puts together a new show. I can't imagine trying to recall a piece of Glass after a recital!
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