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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
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Subject: Re: Misconceptions regarding atonality
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Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 17:45:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 19 17:45:40 1984
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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!)
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