[LAU] Re: Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty -- musicisjustone path

[Ken Restivo]

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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 03:56:41PM +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> Paul Davis escribe:
> > i don't think you're correct there. for a start, the modes we use in
> > western classical, religious and popular were not often used 500 years
> > ago. the influences that jazz has introduced into much western music
> > would have been mostly unknown 500 years ago, because jazz itself didn't
> > exist then. the notions of fugues and counterpoint were (mostly)
> > developed 400 years ago in western europe - before that time having two
> > melodic lines in opposite motion but also harmonizing would have
> > probably sounded very odd. 
> 
> We certainly owe to Bach what we consider musical now.

IIRC, some of Bach's music was considered too chromatic and dissonant at the time.

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