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From: malik@star.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: misc. comments
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Date: Thu, 26-Apr-84 16:22:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 26 16:22:31 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Apr-84 06:46:02 EST
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Subj; a few misc. statements

	1) Posting lists without any explanation of why you like the
items on that list is pretty useless. I agree that net.music is a
great way to share ideas, interests, information, etc. But just
posting a list doesn't tell us very much (except that there's one
more person in the world who likes/dislikes 'x'). Please tell us
WHY you like it, and/or why you think we might like it.

	2) PLEASE, let's not start the 'split debate' again. If
you're interested in reading about a topic (e.g. classical music),
then POST something! A lot of people tend to respond to posted
articles, rather than initiate them. Remember the flood of Mahler
and Verklerkt Nacht articles a while ago?

	3) In the spirit of the above, I shall suggest a new topic -

Does 'minimalism' ('music as a gradual process') represent a new 
and refreshing step in the developement of Western contemporary
music? Is it a valid extension of Cage's - music as 'process' rather
than 'object'?

	Or is it (to quote a Dutch composer, whose name escapes me
at the moment) 'facistic'? A reactionary return to melody, tonality
and a steady pulse, ignoring all the advances made in music since
Webern?


							- Karl
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