Dick wrote:
">>Very keen observer. This is true. Part of the problem is that these styules >>are not designed for multiple hearings. They shoot their wad on one-shot >>hearings. The trick is to write music for multiple hearings, poems for >>multiple reading, theater for multiple versions, paintings for living with. >>Only that way ois there any futuire at all. The rest is disposable music >>for disposable people. Hopefully that ain't us. >> >>Dick >Rico responded: >Could you elaborate here? What allows for a work of art to have greater or >less repeatability? >
Dick responded:
Density.
Rico again: >I have listened to some so called "pop forms" trip hop and hip hop to name >a few and found much complexity? >
Dick again:
Occasionally, but most so-called "classical music" of the imperial age (ca.
1600-1914) attempts it and most contermporary music seems to pried itself
on its ephemerality. Or no?
I will be away till 19. June. I weill think about your ideas (and my
answers) till then."
My two cents worth:
Just wondering - does this mean you are a fan of the so called New
Complexity (Dench, Dillon, Ferneyhough, et al)?
_Peter