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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

Thanks for the link, but. . .

. . . I get a message stating that the preview and purchase options are not available. All I see is the first page unfortunately.

I used to have a copy of "Emotion and Meaning in Music", which I read a long time ago (30+ years). Unfortunately, I lent it to somebody who never returned it, and I don't remember much about it these many years later.

Are you referring to CPE Bach when you talk about the "Frankensteinish piecing-togther of disparate structural elements" (indicating a lack of taste)? That would be interesting, because, despite the sudden shifts of phrase so characteristic of CPE's music, I think his underlying harmony is pretty regular, as well as I remember. That's one of the interesting things about his music: the jagged phrases over the regular harmony underneath. Also in his "Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments", CPE frequently invokes "good taste" as the arbiter of when and how to execute certain ornaments. ;-)

Anyway, I guess we do have agreement on certain supermarket music, with its "American Idol" type of overemphasis (and over-pronunciation of syllables!) to try to conjure emotion out its listeners. I'm glad you don't put Tchaikovsky in that category!

And BTW, I do appreciate your high esteem of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. But as for Tchaikovsky lacking inspiration and throwing in elements that aren't intellectually related. . . well, maybe it only SEEMS that way. Lenny will set you straight! ;-)


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