In Reply to: The flash drive has arrived! - Won't be able to listen until Monday posted by Chris from Lafayette on June 9, 2017 at 21:43:09:
Yes, the Prokofiev Q 2 does have some nice folky tonality. But my goodness, such a boring approach. This is where Bartok left everyone else in the dust. Bartok was on the leading edge and in some ways, still is. He broke barriers that challenged the listener. Bartok did not succumb to a simple (or complex) repeated rhythmic theme. Rather, he mixed things up. Challenged our way of thinking about how music could be unfolded. Dissonance. Interjection. Startling infusion of cross current themes. I think Beethoven would approve.
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Follow Ups
- RE: The flash drive has arrived! - Won't be able to listen until Monday - banpuku 05:00:16 06/10/17 (7)
- Hmm. . . I guess I've grown tired of all these composers who were always "breaking barriers" - Chris from Lafayette 09:46:31 06/10/17 (5)
- Breaking Barriers - banpuku 10:36:10 06/10/17 (2)
- That's very interesting - and who am I to say you're wrong? - Chris from Lafayette 20:57:11 06/10/17 (0)
- RE: Breaking Barriers - pbarach 13:04:55 06/10/17 (0)
- You just haven't heard them persuasively performed. : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 10:03:03 06/10/17 (1)
- Not persuasive for me anyway - although I have heard a fair number of performances [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 21:00:34 06/10/17 (0)
- Thank you, could not have said it better, though I hate to look at Prokofiev and Bartok as competing. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 07:59:19 06/10/17 (0)