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Iskender Savasir writes:
>But my hunch is that, no tonality has any pre-given meaning but each
>(? more on that later) acquires meaning as various musicians attribute
>meanings to them.
Listeners also attribute meaning to music, and the most important
source of meaning comes from the composer. Concerning key signatures,
I suppose we could generally assume that works in major keys will be
more upbeat and less tense than those in minor keys. However, I don't
pay much attention to the key, preferring to get my take on a work from
the listening perspective. Still, I'll be interested in seeing where
Iskender goes with this thread.
As an aside, this thread on "D minor" made me think about the recent
thread about whether Franck's Symphony in D minor rates its popularity.
As it happens, the local Borders has a blank area on the shelves where the
Symphony would be stocked. How's that for popularity? I think Franck's
Symphony has taken a nose-dive and deserves better. Then again, Franck
occupies little of my time.
Don Satz
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