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Apparently some composers score dissonance. | Apparently some composers score dissonance. | ||
And by | And by some composers, I mean I am specifically giving John Cage and Terry Riley free passes on this, because they did work I like and admire. | ||
Also, free pass to Tchaikovsky for the cannon in 1812 Overture. (My parents listened to classical music; boys like cannons; we are what we are.) | Also, free pass to Tchaikovsky for the cannon in 1812 Overture, which is quite dissonant, within its aggressively narrow timbre window. (My parents listened to classical music; boys like cannons; we are what we are.) | ||
But Tchaikovsky ... my God ... Tchaikovsky ... | |||
Let all the voices of man and instrument alike be stilled and silent; let all the ears be stopped and never again hear a sound; let all the instruments rot or rust, according to their nature; let the music of the cosmos itself fade to a dull hiss of universal background radiation ... farewell Mozart, so long Beethoven, goodnight Stardust. | |||
But let the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky be remembered forever. | But let the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky be remembered forever. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 14 January 2021
"Tchaikovsky" is a poem by Karl Jones.
Tchaikovsky
Unless, you know, grating dissonance is the intent.
Apparently some composers score dissonance.
And by some composers, I mean I am specifically giving John Cage and Terry Riley free passes on this, because they did work I like and admire.
Also, free pass to Tchaikovsky for the cannon in 1812 Overture, which is quite dissonant, within its aggressively narrow timbre window. (My parents listened to classical music; boys like cannons; we are what we are.)
But Tchaikovsky ... my God ... Tchaikovsky ...
Let all the voices of man and instrument alike be stilled and silent; let all the ears be stopped and never again hear a sound; let all the instruments rot or rust, according to their nature; let the music of the cosmos itself fade to a dull hiss of universal background radiation ... farewell Mozart, so long Beethoven, goodnight Stardust.
But let the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky be remembered forever.
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