In Reply to: OK - Time for me to define my terms again posted by Chris from Lafayette on May 11, 2016 at 00:19:54:
First -- No, I wasn't being sarcastic. Just asking you to define terms, which your new post does.
I basically agree with you that when we think about 12 tone composition it doesn't conjure up sweet melodies and "pleasant" consonant harmony and feelings of tenderness. But in a way wasn't that the point? The idea was to come up with something leading away from the harmonic concepts Schoenberg felt had essentially been wrung dry. Regarding that I think he succeeded.
Hey, I'm not a "defender" of 12 tone composing. I would not choose to write a piece which was totally serial. In fact, so far (excepting assignments when I was in school) I've never employed the 12 tone concept in anything I've written. But I might in the future, and I do think its another valuable tool in a composer's toolbox, as is atonality and everything else under the sun.
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- Aha! Now I understand where you're comin' from. - Rick W 08:33:46 05/11/16 (0)