Sunday, January 29, 2012

Why you can't find fast pieces in new music...

...in middle-european style? The answer is really simple: for fast music you need a recognizable puls - a beat, to say it easier and new music with roots in Darmstadt negates a steady beat. Puls, beat, groove - rhythmic elements are considered as primitive and associated with so-called U-Musik (entertaining music) or folk-music - both lower music in the ears of a classic avant-garde composer. To abandon rhythmic pulsation is like disabling oneself - a big part of the music is not possible without pulsation and thus no fast  and delighting music.