| Recently I read an interesting article on
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| | What gives a listener the impression of a
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| the topic of the modern symphony.
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| | symphony? Let's say that you turn on a
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| However, it left me wondering. The
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| | radio in the middle of a piece you never
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| author spoke of titans of symphony in the
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| | heard before. If it's a symphony, there's
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| twentieth century, yet Prokofiev,
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| | a very good chance that you will
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| Honegger, and Shostakovich completely
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| | recognize it as such. But how do you
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| escaped his attention. Was this an
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| | know?
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| accident? It seems like the mighty stream
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| | Is it by the sound of a large orchestra?
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| of modern symphonic music of these
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| | Then what about symphonies with smaller
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| composers has not been appreciated enough
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| | orchestras? Is it by its monumental way
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| in the critical literature of European
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| | of expression? Then what about lyrical
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| music. More appreciation of the atonal
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| | and intimate kinds of symphony? It seems
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| avant-garde and dodecaphony (Schoenberg's
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| | that these features of the symphonic
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| music and the Second Viennese School, and
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| | genre still do not define it.
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| late works of Stravinsky), but less of
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| | It seems that the scope of what symphony
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| the tonal and traditionally melodic
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| | can possibly encompass is incredibly
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| approach.
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| | wide. Of course, there are basic
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| Another question: Should we write
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| | similarities of musical form. For a very
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| symphonies for the public, or only for an
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| | long time the most distinctive
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| elite audience? Is it possible that New
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| | characteristic of symphony as a music
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| Age composers have a historic mission to
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| | genre was the sonata form in the first
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| foster the public's experience of the
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| | movement. But like everything else,
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| highest music genre - to share it with
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| | genres evolve and our perceptions do too.
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| people "not trained," or "unprepared" for
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| | Shouldn't we start searching deeper?
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| a professional music experience? Where
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| | Really, an average person wouldn't
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| else in music today does the public have
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| | appreciate how thesis, antithesis,
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| a such a chance to submerge itself in the
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| | development and synthesis can create a
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| ocean of orchestral sound without fear of
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| | music form ( and even these are not
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| being lost, and to actually emotionally
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| | necessarily all a part of symphony
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| enjoy it? The answer is New Age! And of
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| | anymore ). Still all human beings seem to
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| course, in the music of cinematography.
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| | appreciate symphonic music on its
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| But soundtracks shouldn't count because
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| | different levels. So, is there something
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| they are not free from visual images, and
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| | else, something global, rooted in our
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| so they can't be experienced in the same
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| | human sensibilities by which we recognize
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| purely musical way.
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| | a symphony, as if by a certain language
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| The electronic era has created
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| | or code? Was it invented, or just
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| possibilities beyond imagination. We can
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| | discovered, at a certain level of
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| experience sounds remotely recognized as
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| | civilization? Could it be like
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| orchestral, or something absolutely new
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| | recollecting something you knew before,
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| with no connection to anything we have
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| | but have forgotten from not using it, so
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| heard before. Symphonies written with
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| | it feels more like an essential part of
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| this new kind of sound - is it something
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| | our reflection? Does it have to do with
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| yet to come?
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| | how we feel TIME? Because basically,
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| Next question: Is there anything common
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| | symphony as a form very much depends on
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| among all the symphonies ever written,
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| | how it comes into existence, changes,
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| starting with the era of classicism?
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| | develops, and transforms in TIME. That's
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| Considering the differences of the
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| | probably why we can relate to symphonic
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| centuries - artistic styles, ethnic or
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| | music - as a reflection of our own
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| class-based bonds, religious or cultural
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| | traveling through life. If this is an
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| priorities, and personalities of
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| | answer, then classification of a symphony
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| composers - is there anything that unites
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| | as a complex musical composition for an
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| all the symphonies, not only on the level
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| | orchestra usually composed in four
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| of the definition of the symphony as a
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| | movements, at least one of which is in
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| music genre or form, but fundamentally
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| | sonata form, is outdated, isn't it?
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| deeper?
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| | Lots of questions!
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| Another way to ask the question is this:
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