Kevin Wampler <wampler+pov### [at] uwashingtonedu> wrote:
> In particular, Ligeti's handling of
> orchestral and choral texture seems quite adept to me, and it doesn't
> sound like a bunch of voices senselessly moaning, but rather a piece
> with definite carefully wrought structure.

structure, texture, rhythm and color alone don't make good music.  There should
be harmonic progression.  Coherent harmonic progression.  atonal music fails
here...

> after I'd tried each enough times I began
> to think "ahh, now I begin to get what other people see in this"

to get drunk? ;)

yes, everything in life can become familiar once we deal with it everyday.  If
you're a beggar, eating junk is not weird at all.  Seemingly, you could just
say:  "you know, that Cage guy was right.  Those guys at the construction site
near office make some wonderful music!"

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