The Relation of Ultramodern to Archaic Music
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" And even Plato observed that one should note which rhythms express license, pride, madness or other evil. For the good of the state Plato wished music in this regard to be regulated by state authority. I would like to tell you of an instance where a rhythm had power. At a recital at a country club in New Jersey I played the Prelude by Scriabin that bears the caption " Sauvage belli- queux. " This Prelude is made in a rhythm of ferocity almost mimetic in its suggestion. (Inci- dentally, if tha...t piece were played with the metro- 64 THE RELATION OF nome it would lose entirely its rhythmic value. ) A few days later, two little children in the town were seen crouching 1, and with a sudden sound and violence they would spring dangerously one upon the other. A passer-by remonstrated : " Children, what are you doing?" "We are playing savage and warlike, " they said. My friend remembered Plato and walked on.
According to Aristoxenus and Denys d'Halicar- nasse, as quoted by Kawczinski, the Greek accents ran within a fifth, and the musical element in the pronunciation of Greek formed the melody.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" And even Plato observed that one should note which rhythms express license, pride, madness or other evil. For the good of the state Plato wished music in this regard to be regulated by state authority. I would like to tell you of an instance where a rhythm had power. At a recital at a country club in New Jersey I played the Prelude by Scriabin that bears the caption " Sauvage belli- queux. " This Prelude is made in a rhythm of ferocity almost mimetic in its suggestion. (Inci- dentally, if tha...t piece were played with the metro- 64 THE RELATION OF nome it would lose entirely its rhythmic value. ) A few days later, two little children in the town were seen crouching 1, and with a sudden sound and violence they would spring dangerously one upon the other. A passer-by remonstrated : " Children, what are you doing?" "We are playing savage and warlike, " they said. My friend remembered Plato and walked on.
According to Aristoxenus and Denys d'Halicar- nasse, as quoted by Kawczinski, the Greek accents ran within a fifth, and the musical element in the pronunciation of Greek formed the melody.
What to read after The Relation of Ultramodern to Archaic Music?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Katherine Ruth Willoughby Heyman to read onlineMoreLess
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