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- From: mikulska@crux.Princeton.EDU (Margaret Mikulska)
- Subject: Re: Why not a rec.music.contemp group?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.181529.2090@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:15:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.161723.12482@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> velde2@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Francois Velde) writes:
- >
- >Why not indeed?
-
- Because 20th C music is a natural, continuous extension of the older
- music. It would be deleterious, even pernicious, and altogether a Bad
- Thing to isolate contemporary music in a separate group. One of the
- problems that new music faces is the inability of listeners to see that
- this music developed from earlier music, and that there is no dividing
- line between the "modern" music and the "classical canon".
-
- >After all, early-musickers have been segregated
- >into rec.music.early.
-
- Because they wanted to discuss _technical_ issues related to performance
- on and making of old instruments. I recall the time when that group was
- created: it was technical issues, not musical, that motivated the split.
- Note that we still talk about pre-Baroque music in this group, at least
- occasionally.
-
- >Am I the only one who has little interest
- >in contemporary music (say, post-1945),
-
- As you can see from the postings here, quite a few people participate in
- lively (to use a euphemism) discussions on modern music. You might have
- also noticed that some people actually like contemporary music. On the
- other hand, you might have also noticed that a few people dislike new
- music. So?
-
- >and who is at wits' end
- >to devise an appropriate kill file? Next to /excalibur/j
- >and /haikovsk/j, I already have /cage/j, /4'33''/j, /glass/j, /berio/j,
- >etc, but the kill file is getting long and involved,
-
- Tough.
-
- >and netters are always coming up with stealth subject lines.
-
- Yeah, the deviousness of music lovers knows no limits.
-
- >No offense intended, this is a naive, non-partisan question.
-
- No offense intended either.
-
- And if you think there are too many postings related to modern music,
- start a thread of interest for _you_.
-
-
- -Margaret
-
-