Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!mhuxl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!robison From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: Misconceptions regarding atonality Message-ID: <953@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 17:45:40 EDT Article-I.D.: eosp1.953 Posted: Tue Jun 19 17:45:40 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 05:47:16 EDT Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 20 References: Other items to consider in regard to "ancient" atonality: - Late Bruckner symphonies contain very tonal sounding passages that appear to wander about rather aimlessly among the keys. They sound tonal, but strike at the heart of all our conceptions of tonality. - The Mozart g-minor Symphony, #40, in the last movement -- the development section starts with a remarkable sequence of quick modulations that might have caused contemporary listeners to lose all track of where they were. I have heard theorists refer to this as Mozart's experiment in atonality, although it doesn't sound atonal. - The concluding measures of Mozart's musical joke. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison princeton!eosp1!robison