Sylvia Wolfe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>My husband, noting the lack of "modern" classical music in my collection,
>gave me a recording of Pierre Boulez' "Trois Sonates pour Piano" as played
>by Claude Helffer.  I can hardly stand to listen to this stuff.  Is there
>anybody out there who really likes serial music, and if so, can you put
>your finger on what it is that appeals? Just curious.

That's OK, Claude Helfner can hardly play it.  So you are even.

Sure there are people who like it, and there are people who like to play
it, and there are people who like to compose it.  But as with shakespeare,
the people who want to perform it aren't necessarily the ones who ought to
perform it...

Stirling Newberry