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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Looking for classical-sounding modern composers
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 12:45:13 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 29 12:45:13 1984
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Summary: 

How modern do you wnat your composers to be?  There must be many
who would satisfy your requirements, but in general, the older
their music is, the easier they are to find.  Try:

The Hungarian composer Ligeti.  Very witty, and not too atonal.
(He has a piano piece that begins with the same note, palyed many times
in different octaves, for over one minute.  It's much mroe interesting
than you one can imagine.)

Try Stravinsky before he went atonal.  He went through a classical
period, which emphasizes his unique rhythms, and otherwise tends to
sound classical.  Example pieces -- the violin sonata, symphony in C.

Try Hindemith, the pianoi sonatas, Mathis der maler, or the clarinet,
bassoon, viola sonatas, etc.

	- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
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