Iving Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 So … I was just going about my business – archiving LPs etc – when I saw this ditty on the rear of the Michael Hoenig Album ‘Departure From The Northern Wasteland’: Repetition is the image of eternity in music The music of the past justifies itself for its limitation The music of the future is sparing itself this effort I wondered what Audiophile Style folks might make of this particular poetry. To me? Line 1 Repetition contributes significantly to the “form” [cf. philosophy] of music – has to do with brain no doubt – and to me language also. Cross-cultural. Universal. Line 2 My wife – a gifted soprano – jokes that there are only so many ways you can put notes together to make music. I disagree with her. Mathematically she may have a point. But not regards music as language. Perhaps Hoenig is intimating that repetition is more prevalent the more primitive the music. Line 3 The evolution of music avoids repetition. Artists want to be original. Frontier music (not cowboy stuff – rather, music just evolved) leans less on repetition for structure and appeal. Your thoughts welcome … I haven’t (yet) heard the Album … anybody know it? How the poetry and the music relate? Link to comment
Iving Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 I know ... time for poetry ... hard life. I am very workmanlike about my archives! Got the bug yet? How many LPs to date ... one (RHCP 'Unlimited Love') and counting? Expected a conversion at/post Munich ... Link to comment
Iving Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said: Haven't got the bug yet I like "yet" :-) The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
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