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Steve Schwartz replies to me:
>What I don't believe can legitimately be said, however, is that a
>classical Lied per se is better than an American pop song.
I would -never- say that. I love pop music. I have long argued that pop
music is art. There are some pop composers who I would put up against the
more tedious lieder composers (I won't expose myself naming names).
I had/have no intent to diminish Cage and his ilk, or remove them from CM.
He did of course have formal training, and I take nothing from him. I
just think that, however clever, using randomness and indeterminacy to
compose is diametrically opposite to the perfect mathematical precision
and trancendence of a Bach or a Telemann achieved by careful note placement
and consideration of overall effect.
I would, however, like to see more recognition of the likes of Ellington &
Mingus as composers, if not CM composers. This is a messy distinction to
make of course.
I have reckoned for some time that the easiest definition of CM is "not
pop", thus easily blanketing everything from Palestrina to Cage (to use
my own example).
Bob K.
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