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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Peaks
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 12:39:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 25 12:39:40 1984
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> Someone, a few responses back, said "Did music reach its apex
> in the ninteenth century?" -- or something like that.
> Close, but no cigar; it reached its apex in the *18th* century.

> Aw, hell - don't you guys know polyphony is a popish plot? Western music
> reached its peak in the 10th century. So there!     do I really need a :-) ? 

Actually music hasn't reached its peak/apex/pinnacle quite yet.  However, there
are some listeners who have simply gotten tired of climbing...   :-)
-- 
It doesn't matter what you wear, just as long as you are there.
						Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr