Debussy/etc

Debussy, after Bach, is my favorite composer...in a year, I listen to those two more than anybody else. I have read a Deb bio recently, and a book about his compositions. Pierre Boulez was quoted as saying that "Jeux" was unanalyzable...could well be. I think it's one of the great pieces of all time (up till now, of course)...and needless to say, he was a huge influence on much of what followed.

You know, to each his own, but...I'm not sure it matters what tunings Deb thought in, or what he might have done...it's done, and that's that. It would have been wonderful had he broken out of the 12 tone system for real, perhaps with more notes on his keyboard...and I also wish he (and others) had composed for guitar...not to be. We need folks with the knowledge of non 12 systems to forge ahead, and perhaps compose a new body of work for the future...and I don't care what system, just wanna hear some bold innovation...best from the willage...Stickman www.microstick.net

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Neil, good to hear from you again! I put Debussy up there somewhere in
the top 3 for me as well... my list would probably have the likes of
Stravinsky and Gershwin up there as well. In many regards Debussy is a
favorite of mine.

I start putting together a 72-tet version of Reverie a long time ago,
but I found that I just could not get it to sound good. The piece is
so full of comma pumps (even simple 5-limit ones) that I don't even
know where to begin if my goal is really to make the pieces all fit
together just right.

That being said, there were a few times where throwing intervals like
7/4 in sounded absolutely incredible... The interesting thing for me
is how effectively he can communicate 7-limit harmonies within a
12-tet context.

All the best,
Mike

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Neil Haverstick <microstick@...> wrote:
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Good thought, I agree.....

Best,
Aaron

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Neil Haverstick <microstick@...> wrote:

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> Debussy, after Bach, is my favorite composer...in a year, I listen to
> those two more than anybody else. I have read a Deb bio recently, and a book
> about his compositions. Pierre Boulez was quoted as saying that "Jeux" was
> unanalyzable...could well be. I think it's one of the great pieces of all
> time (up till now, of course)...and needless to say, he was a huge influence
> on much of what followed.
>
> You know, to each his own, but...I'm not sure it matters what tunings Deb
> thought in, or what he might have done...it's done, and that's that. It
> would have been wonderful had he broken out of the 12 tone system for real,
> perhaps with more notes on his keyboard...and I also wish he (and others)
> had composed for guitar...not to be. We need folks with the knowledge of non
> 12 systems to forge ahead, and perhaps compose a new body of work for the
> future...and I don't care what system, just wanna hear some bold
> innovation...best from the willage...Stickman www.microstick.net
>
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