TheBlackPage1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hmm, Schoenberg's more like Kandinsky.. I see Stravinsky as the Picasso of music.

pliskinn0089 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i think that Schoenberg was the Picasso of music. Maybe?

madlutist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think twelve-tone music has potential, and that Schonberg, Berg, Webern, and such people were intelligent composers. However, I'm not such a fan of the pieces that are merely atonal for the sake of creating dissonance. Schonberg did sometimes write tonal music, and I think that serves as testament to the fact that he recognized that atonal music was not suitable for every emotion. It is naturally unsettling to the ear for legitimate psychological reasons, but it serves a purpose.

shampooshampoo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree on that. I was just replying to that particular comment (not defending Alysson's). It wasn't a general statement on people who enjoy this kind of music (i enjoy some of it).

TheBlackPage1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well, I didn't mean in regard to that users comment. Of course, there are idiots on both sides of the argument. But generally, the people I come across who do enjoy this type of music are a lot more open-minded, eager to learn about new things and challenge themselves with things that they're unfamiliar with. To dismiss the entire life's work of an intelligent composer as 'unmusical', is downright respectless and incredibly ignorant.

shampooshampoo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"Maybe if Schoeberg had written a couple of sambas you might like him better"I don´t think that statement looks much more open-minded... It's just the same.

TheBlackPage1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

But not dismissing it right off the bat and questioning its validity as art makes us look *much* more open-minded.

shampooshampoo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hey you snob, let people dissent. That´s what art is about. Listening to atonal music won´t make you more intelligent than those who doesn´t like it.

Heifsin85 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...putting three notes together.

8GRUM8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hey man, Schoenberg created this as a new approach of looking at theory and pitches. So chords are not like the ones we find in tonal music like Cminor or whatever although they do appear. If you wanna look into it more look up "John Rahn", fairly easy to understand the theory he writes based on this sought of composition. And of check out other Schoenberg stuff.