In article <slrnd9udrt.9r4.slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <slvrmn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On 2005-06-02, Richard Schultz <schultr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> In article <hYmne.1825$II.1023@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Matthew Fields
><spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>: Try composing, Al.
>>
>> Not to dispute your general conclusions about Mr. Silverman, but how
much
>> composition did Schenker actually do?
>
>Whether or not Schenker (or anyone else, for that matter) was, or is, a
>composer is beside the point.
>
>Apparently you still do not understand the nature of the effort being
>made by "doctor" fields (and others) to avoid a discussion of the
>*relevant* musical principles.
>
>He (they) are ill-equipped to *discuss the theoretical principles of
>chord-based music, based upon REASON*, rather than upon
>Ancient Academic Authority, the object of which is to preserve the
>historical evolution of music, under the guise of "theory".
>
>Therefore, the primary tactic of Authority is (repeated here once again):
>
> DO NOT DEBATE THE SUBJECT MATTER, BUT DISCREDIT THE SOURCE
>
>If you can learn this simple tactic, all of the machinations of resident
>"doctor", about "learning to compose," or "show us your music", etc.,
>etc., are very clear.
>
>The *last* thing that he wants to do (because he does not understand
them)
>is to debate the theoretical principles. I will be glad to list those
>principles which he does not understand, and has illustrated that he does
>not understand on several occasions in the past.
>
>
>
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland!)
>where debating chord-based principles is forbidden
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> -----
>> Richard Schultz schultr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
>> Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
>> -----
>> ". . . Mengelberg was not the kind of artist who would let us walk home
>> after a concert with the feeling of having experienced an extraordinary
>> musical event."
>> -- Max Rudolf, _The Grammar of Conducting_
--
Matthew H. Fields http://www.umich.edu/~fields
Music: Splendor in Sound
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