AW.: Re: Timotheus-a microtonalist

In einer Nachricht vom 12/19/99 4:02:31 AM (MEZ) Mitteleurop�ische
Zeitschreibt Afmmjr@aol.com:

<< The previously mentioned Pherecrates fragment, accuses Timotheus of
"pulling
out winding exharmonic ant-paths" at an absurdly high pitch, and of filling
the whole of music with kampai, like caterpillars in a cabbage." Barker
asserts "it is again clear that the object of Tomotheus' innovations was to
produce music that was emotional, dramtatic, highly coloured and ornately
decorated, in contrast with the 'grave simplicity' of the past."
>>

Timotheus -- like Euripides -- used a lot of ornaments, melismas, and special
effects, demonstrating a virtuosity that was not considered tasteful by
conservatives. _Exharmonic_ probably means that he modulated or ornamented
with tones outside of the mode. One might say that his art was (small b)
baroque. But that is _not_ a complaint about his using the enharmonic, which
would have been the genus likewise prefered by conservatives such as
Aristophanes.