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Re: [ARSCLIST] Dynamic-frequency Range
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Mike Richter wrote:
> We know that music we hear today as mellifluous and tranquil was
> considered disruptive, dissonant and abhorrent when composed. The music
> hasn't changed; performance practice has only moderate impact; but the
> audience is different.
As one of my teachers, the late Dika Newlin once said, "pity we can't hear
Beethoven's Eroica with the ears of those who heard it at its first
performance."
Karl