Home Music Lane

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

No - I don't mean atonal, just not tethered to home key

I'd make an exception of some late Mozart - Jupiter symphony, Gm String Quintet K516 - but it's a toss up between early Mozart and Hello Dolly...

What do I listen to and like? Richard Strauss opera and songs. The key changes right at the start of 4 Last Songs are magical for instance, and Frau Ohne Schatten gets an occasional listen. Janacek operas in general - Katya Kabanova in particular has fascinating key changes, construction, and interaction between orchestra and voices. Wagner of course, and Debussy. Berg, like 3 orchestral pieces and 7 Early Songs. Bartok, 6 Quartets etc. Messiaen organ works like La Nativite du Seigneur. That kind of thing.

I dabble in songwriting as a hobby, and I really wonder how you could make popular music less rooted in tonality and still have some kind of mass appeal. If you can think of any examples I'd be grateful to know about it.




Edits: 01/03/17

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