In Reply to: I think we're straying into the metaphysical. Babbit, Debussy and Tchaikovky shared one objective at least: posted by jdaniel@jps.net on May 10, 2016 at 10:39:30:
Not worth it? ;-)
OTOH, it's still very worthwhile (for me anyway, and even as a rear-guard action), to bash the serialists. As their influece continues to ebb away, they'll probably be like the esoteric polyphonists in another century or two (i.e., not worth the effort to bash). Tchaikovsky? I think he'll still be going strong! After all, who can ever tire of his magnificent self-pity? ;-)
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Follow Ups
- "why do people never bash the the more esoteric Polyphonists?" - Chris from Lafayette 13:32:35 05/10/16 (2)
- esoteric Polyphonists? WTF? Who are they? What did they do? - oldmkvi 09:11:17 05/13/16 (1)
- Ockeghem, Obrecht, et al - and, no, they didn't do much [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 19:47:14 05/13/16 (0)