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From: gulley@stolaf.UUCP (William T. Gulley)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: People who talk about outgrowing rock and roll should grow up
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Date: Thu, 12-Apr-84 00:31:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 12 00:31:47 1984
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Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN
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> To quote D. Blickstein:

> To be honest, my opinion of classical musicians is that they are typically
> not creative.   Their sole area for expression and creativity is in the
> limited area of interpretation.  

	True, but it looks like the general consensus is that we've
	come too far in musical development to go back to the basics
	of Baroque and Early Romanticism now, unfortunately. The 
	modern ear has to get more and more of it's fill of the 
	NEW!!!! and CREATIVE!!!! until it gets tired of even that
	and moves on to bigger and better things.  
	
	It's very unfortunate that, for the most part, the creative
	force is going more towards the complex and unusual, and the
	regard for simplicity and sublimity is all but forgotten. 
	While it's true that a few intrepid composers such as Steve
	Reich are keeping this tradition alive somewhat, it will
	continue to be that until a musical movement comes along, if
	it ever does, that re-discovers the joys of real basic
	simplicity in music,  and the old forms will continue to be 
	admired and glossed over like antiques, while nothing really
	new and creative ever comes out in that area.

	I'm not advocating a return to writing two-part inventions,
	just an attempt to explain why a lot of classical music
	is being limited to interpretation rather than actual com-
	position these days.  If any of you punkers or heavy-metal
	fans feel like lambasting my tastes just because they don't
	agree with yours, don't even think about it- take it out
	on a Van Halen solo or something.


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    UM YA YAAA!!
    Man, that felt great. .

    William Gulley - St. Olaf College - Northfield, Minnesota
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