amigo@iwpba.UUCP (amigo) (05/22/84)
After I said: > I remember once listening to a programme of Schoenberg's > music on the CBC radio (they played PERRIOT LUNAIRE, which > comes close to being my all time least favourite piece, > especially the section DER KRANKER MOND, which always makes > me feel nauseous), and the person introducing the pieces > said that "Schoenberg has always had a high regard among > the musical cognoscenti, but has never achieved any sort of > popular following;" with an unspoken, but obvious, "and I've > always wondered why." Well, I could have told him exactly why. > During one piece (I forget which one) of serial music, I suddenly > had a flash of "He must have made a mistake, I could almost detect > a tune there for a few moments." Jeff Winslow said: > You don't give yourself enough credit. When you thought you > detected a "tune" for a few moments, you were beginning to > understand what was going on. You should go back and expand > your understanding from that point. I'm afraid that I did not express myself well there. I was listening to what seemed like almost a random series of notes, (like monkeys pounding a typewriter) which appeared to form a melody for a few moments. I was sure that it was purely coincidental. > So, John, DER KRANKER MOND always makes you nauseous? It must be a > singularly effective piece of music then, since the title > translates (I believe) to THE SICK MOON (world?). Must be > something in this guy Arnold's stuff after all. The title does translate as THE SICK MOON, and it does work, but who wants to hear a piece whose overall effect is to create a feeling of nausea? I don't. > Well, I will break off now, and go and listen to Pachibel's > D MINOR CANON ... to soothe myself. All right, I should have written Pachelbel's D MAJOR CANON. Picky, picky, picky. John Hobson AT&T Bell Labs--Naperville, IL ihnp4!iwpba!amigo