Re: Kinda of OT: I can't believe I'm discussing Schoenberg...

[Bradley Lehman <bpl@umich.edu>]

At 02:01 PM 7/3/2000 +0000, Anne M. Marble wrote:
> Also, one poster has argued that Schoenberg is considered a
> composer who turned to 12-tone music because his non-12-tone
> music was so mediocre. Does that argument hold water? Or
> has he been brainwashed by his professors?

That argument holds as much water as a Klein bottle
does.  http://www.kleinbottle.com/

(...)
> Some of the guy's arguments are really silly. For example,
> "I've had professors state as much." and "I've seen books
> and articles dismiss Schoenberg's early music as
> unimportant."
>
> Bah! Is that what people call an argument these days?! What
> kind of musicians are we churning out of those schools?

Unfortunately, that's what some people (including college students) do
think is a valid argument these days.  I've seen books and articles that
said so.


Bradley Lehman
Dayton VA
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl