Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!jeffw From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: "No excuse for anyone to listen to a piece of music more than once" Message-ID: <3987@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 20:00:10 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.3987 Posted: Mon Aug 20 20:00:10 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 01:18:10 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 22I can think of two reasons why one might listen to a piece of music more than once. 1. You like it. 2. It has many levels of musical and emotional interest, and you are not infinitely (musically) perceptive. My personal bias is this: Any music which can give no satisfaction after the first hearing is inherently inferior to that which gives continued pleasure. Unfortunately, a great deal of "experimental" music falls in this category. What is more interesting is to take the "results" of those "experiments" and incorporate them into more complex and less objective works. Experiments are fine and necessary, but it is concepts and structures that have the real beauty. If this sounds silly to you, then, rather than flaming me, reflect on the futility of describing music in words. Jeff Winslow