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

From: Ismael Valladolid Torres <ivalladt@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Apr 05 2007 - 16:56:41 EEST

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.
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