David Stewart wrote:

>I am a couple of months away from taking my 'A' level in Music and need
>some into on Neo-Classicism.  What are the main characteristics of it (if
>that is an answerable question)? I understand Strav's Violin Conc is a case
>in point and I have this.  What else can I get that is a prime example?

Hmm, everybody missed an obvious one - Prokofiev's Classical Symphony.
This is a self-stated emulation of the work of Haydn.  Using the third
movement as an example, the Gavotte form is the "Classical" (actually
Baroque) part, while the harmonies are the "Neo-" part.  Sergei also
exhibits the Baroque trait of self-borrowing - he re-uses the Gavotte
in Romeo and Juliet.

-Steve Trelease, Nea-politely signing off...