Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site duke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!mcnc!duke!jds From: jds@duke.UUCP (Joe Sloan) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Modern music, Bach, and performance Message-ID: <4423@duke.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 08:17:15 EDT Article-I.D.: duke.4423 Posted: Thu Jun 7 08:17:15 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 02:01:38 EDT Organization: Duke University Lines: 18If you are interested in approaching modern music, the most appropriate course might be performance. By way of analogy, when I first began listening to Bach, I found him unapproachable. It was only after I began to play his music that I truly began to appreciate him for what he is, the only significant composer civilization has produced to date. It is my belief that one of the reasons you hear so much modern music today is because musician pick what they play, and modern music is fun to play--even if it isn't fun to listen to. Joe Sloan, duke!jds