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by Aidevah 5y ago
I have found Professor Sakwa's account after the 2014 kerfuffle to be illuminating and reasonably detailed[1]. He splits the story into the "Ukrainian problem" which are purely domestic that lead to the "Ukraine problem&
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>The set of notes defined by (1) are typically referred to as "Just Intonation", and was the basis for most western music (and some non-western music) until somewhere between about 1400 and 1600 (lots of room for discussion&#x2
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The cited paper uses chord clusters containing four notes, and say nothing about dissonance as a dyadic concept which is what the discussion of ratios have been focusing on. The results are not what the PR piece states since Figure 1 of the
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>Let's consider the major sixth. >It is the 27th harmonic of the fundamental. This is the problem I have with discussions concerning the harmonic series, it is presented as equivalent to the notes of the scale, even though no mus
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>Frankly, I strongly recommend that people who think that there was some sort of equivilent between the Nazis and the western powers, or between the Japanese and the Americans in World War 2 put down youtube videos, and really do a deep
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Sethares showed shocking ignorance towards the history of the actual usage of dissonance and consonance by practicing musicians and theorists in the history of Western music. The most obvious being that the category of dissonance and conson
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Thank you. The insistence on using the harmonic series to explain the source of the notes diatonic scale is anachronistic, post hoc and never really made any sense even on its own terms. There is nothing inherently "natural" about
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The reason most musicians don't use staff notation is because most musicians do not need it unless they want to engage with the literate tradition of music, and are not disadvantaged if they can't. Not because of any inherent diff
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Agreed. The author mentioned that the desire to compose music is what spurred this post. It would be much quicker to read through a music textbook. The basics of western music notation can be taught in 15 minutes, and one could get used to
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Who cares if you listen? (1958) [pdf](artasillumination.files.wordpress.com)
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The author has given a very thorough look at the almost purely algorithmic melodic variations in a classical sonata, although I would think starting with Beethoven (and Chopin) may be a bit ambitious. For music of the classical era, the mea
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I do not deny the existence of creative peaks after 35, which is of course not a rarity (just look up Elliott Carter for a truly awe-inspiring example). What I mean to say is that there seems to be a certain (mental? physiognomical? spiritu
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>Also 35 isn't 65. This is the prime age for most business people, artists, writers, etc. This is typically a professional and creative peak that lasts, at least, another decade or so. A person this age often has the drive and vital
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It's amusing how intense Nietzsche's contempt was for his fellow classicists during the heyday of the profession in the 19th century. Here is an excerpt from his "We Philologists"[1]: Greeks and Classicists The Greeks:
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One important aspect about the war was the sheer disparity in both manpower and industry between the two sides: 21 million in the union vs 9 million in the confederate, 3.5 million (!) of which are slaves. It really is a wonder that the CSA
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The issue of poverty as espoused by the Franciscan order was a hotly debated theological issue in the 13th and 14th centuries. Eventually the Pope had to get involved to denounce the idea of "Absolute poverty of Christ" as heresy.
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This review seems to complement the review given by John Gray at the New Statesman[1]. It's interesting to observe what was mentioned and omitted in each of the reviews. Collini writes: "During his lifetime there was also another
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Pleasantly surprised to find an intelligent and thoughtful description of Italian comic opera on the front page. I find much to agree with much of the author's thoughts, possibly because of our shared reading of critics like Tovey and
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Although the GP smacks of snobbery, I think it's mistaken to credit the enduring reputation of Shakespeare to his smutty innuendos alone. Surely the reason that Much ado about nothing is still being read today is the sophisticated batt
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Flaubert at Two Hundred(lrb.co.uk)
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> The most extreme example of this is Japanese Kanji, and while Japanese is its own language, native chinese speakers would note the similarities between it and Hainanese/Cantonese dialect, and with some 文言文 knowledge, one can read
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No. The faction that opposed Gorbachev tried to halt and reverse his reforms, and the support of the coup was so extensive inside the party that the subsequent purge after the coup seriously weakened the party so that breakup was just a mat
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Destruction of government property is generally considered illegal.
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It's particularly striking how much skin in the game generals like Alexander had, fighting on the front lines. From Thucydides and Xenophon gives the impression that the casualties for pitched hoplite battles weren't particularly
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Ghibli has always been synonymous with Miyazaki and Takahata. I think it's fine for the studio to fade away or disband after the two founders exit the stage, their legacy will endure. Goro's story is tragic. By all accounts Miyaza
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From a 1550s Pandemic, a Choral Work Still Casts Its Spell (2020)(nytimes.com)
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That's an interesting point, although the ancient Greeks only ever drank diluted wine, and they did believe that you could die from drinking wine at full strength. Undiluted wine was given to the helots so that their drunkenness served
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It's always good to see John Gray's writing getting attention, in my opinion he is one of the most perceptive writers out there. However, the title of this submission should probably changed since the conversation is getting sidet
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It may well be that taste is initially acquired through feigning, but it can develop into something more personal down the line. Charles Rosen mentioned it at the end of his Critical Entertainments: "It is not at all natural to want to
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This is correct, and something that needs to be said. Having both parents work is not an inevitable state of affairs. As little as 50 years ago, it was not unusual for one parent to stay at home and raise children. In contrast, the Soviet U

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