In Reply to: Don't you appreciate baseball more because you know the players have to get the ball over the goal line before the clock posted by jdaniel@jps.net on May 9, 2016 at 19:30:24:
Rite of Spring still sounds like an outgrowth of the Romantic era to me, and although I was similarly puzzled by it when I first heard it, I never had to guess what Stravinsky's objective might be in order to establish an emotional connection and attachment to the work. All it took was gaining some familiarity with it.
BTW, I'm not necessarily knocking the quest for finding a composer's objective as an aid to appreciating a particular work. Many roads lead to Rome.
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- It's not all that clear cut in every case however - Chris from Lafayette 21:48:02 05/09/16 (9)
- Sometimes not knowing a composer's objectives -- in a broad sense-- can lead to dashed expectations . Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 08:05:02 05/10/16 (8)
- Well, yes - we wouldn't want the heartbreak of dashed expectations! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 09:03:42 05/10/16 (3)
- One time I waited over 45 minutes for cascading harp arpeggios over a pillow of soft strings in a Babbit piece and - jdaniel@jps.net 09:46:08 05/10/16 (2)
- Well, you see, that's the trouble with Babbit - Chris from Lafayette 00:36:30 05/11/16 (1)
- Exactly! No taste whatsoever. (Now please pass the Baconnaise.) - jdaniel@jps.net 08:20:02 05/11/16 (0)
- RE: -- in a broad sense-- - genungo 08:34:16 05/10/16 (3)
- what I meant was dissappointment. Have been fed John Williams as a suckling, the Romantics & co spoke my - jdaniel@jps.net 09:57:31 05/10/16 (2)
- RE: what I meant was disappointment. - genungo 14:32:40 05/10/16 (0)
- RE: what I meant was dissappointment. Have been fed John Williams as a suckling, the Romantics & co spoke my - rbolaw 11:53:17 05/10/16 (0)