| Re: Modern Music
Has anyone read Adorno? His discussions of Schoenberg make a similar connection to the abstractness of his music. He even goes as far as to say that the music is essentially meaningless, except for the "intrinsic" value of the relationship of the notes themselves...if he's correct, then the music would only be of interest to performers and analysts. Why would a listener be interested in music where the only value is the interplay and relationships of meaningless notes?
Averge Joe concert goer is interested in the emotional connection to music, and in lots of cases they are interested in the "representational" or "iconic" aspects of the music (aka...I heard "sad" music or "happy" music, or the music put me in a good mood, etc). If atonal music is abstract (and I think it is when put alongside the context of Western tonal music) then what are you left with? |