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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:54 pm
Music composed by people like Paul Hindemith, Vincent Persichetti, and Igor Stravinsky who liked to push the boundaries further and further. Music that uses new, modern compositional techniques like polytonality or a bajillion meter changes. What are your thoughts on this kind of music?
I am a big fan of it. Dissonance is pretty darned powerful if used correctly. And all the tritones in West Side Story make it sound just that much cooler. =D
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:02 pm
I have great respect for this music and the composers who created it, im not a big fan however. Its too random for me to wrap my mind around really. I have a difficult time listening to it. But I applaud the composers for creating a revolution.
Im an oboist, I tend to look for the beauty in music. Thats what I enjoy playing the most. Thats where I shine the most considering what I play.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:50 pm
I had the hardest time appreciating 20th century music when I was younger, but after learning and actually playing the music, it becomes much more accessible. Perhaps it is also a result of better understanding behind the compositional methods. One of the problems with certain styles of 20th century/contemporary music is that the music becomes unfathomable to most but the composer.
However, with that said, I still do prefer music that retains a sense of tonality. Atonality is fine with me, and occasionally I can even like such music, but since music should be a universal language, I do prefer it in a more accessible form.
This topic made me go dig up Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht to listen to. I love chromaticism. <3
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Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 1:28 am
Modernist is probably my favorite form of symphonic music, particularly Ticheli's Blue Shades, which is basically the pinnacle of what modernism is.
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