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Edgar Beach wrote:
> Is it possible, for the lovers of Schoneberg and other atonal composer's
> music, to explain clearly why they do like it so. I know why I don't
> care for it. It is because it violates my personal sense of what is
> beautiful.
If atonal music violates your sense of what is beautiful, then it is
doubtful that anyone's explanation of what they hear in Schoenberg et
al would make any difference to you.
I think it comes down to what makes up your personal sense of what is
beautiful - in which case,you might take up your own challenge and explain
that. Even then, your explanation and - alongside that - my explanation
- would serve only to show what we already know - your personal sense
of what is beautiful differs in some ways from mine.
When I was 20 I bought the Columbia recording of the Elliot Carter First
Quartet. My first impressions of the quartet was it was quite beautiful
- even romantic - a view I still hold today. I also enjoy his 2nd
quartet, the sonata for Flute Oboe Cello & Harpsichord, the Cello Sonata
and the Piano Music.
But I never warmed to the Piano Concerto, the Double Concerto, and upon
hearing the opening bars of the 3rd quartet, I thought "You have *got*
to be kidding".
So I would say that, for me, the experience of listening to atonal music
is not in noticing that it is atonal - but that it matches my own personal
sense of what is beautiful.
Dave Harman
El Pas, TX
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