When I was forced to learn about Schoenberg and othe "atonal" composers it drove me nuts. As a trained instrumentalist, the removal of a tonal center is the removal of what defines music to me. I love Wagner, and Stravinsky...the way they wrote was inspiring...tricking you contsantly with turns and twist.
Music is like a good joke...a quick change that is unexpected but makes sense can be VERY enjoyable....but if there is nothing but random words with no coherency then all meaning is lost...
And the fact that Cage "wrote" a "piece" about sitting at a piano for a certain interval of time is ridiculous....sorry...this is one topic I get frustrated with....
maybe should have avoided responding...I'm not normally negative....
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