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You can find a tone row in Bach even. Whether or not he consciously aimed to construct one is a debate that has no end, but it's interesting to challenge the co
by qmmmur 7y ago
You can find a tone row in Bach even. Whether or not he consciously aimed to construct one is a debate that has no end, but it's interesting to challenge the conception that old = more traditional/harmonic, when in fact music history is much more wobbly than that.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoThe original chromatic series is in Lasso in the very late 16th century - Carmina Chromatico from Prophetiae Sybillarum. It's decorated with smooth triads and moments that sound like cadences, but the progression as a whole is completely atonal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al41WvDW-OA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al41WvDW-OA