At 2/7/2005 01:31 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
>I'll argue yes, and easily. I'm not an academic, and never have been. But I > >If by 'other musics' you mean the bulk of music people listen to and buy, >then Mozart can't hold a candle in this argument either. But there are many >measures of success that include both Mozart and Cage as 'moving, exciting, >attractive' -- and I'll take the latter any day of the week.
Exactly, if Mozart is not successful, then Cage is certainly far behind him.
>>If the second question had been: "Has other music, composed on the same
>>principle, been more successful?"
>>
>>The answer would be "NO".
>
>There's a world of them out there. But I can only sputter at such a statement.
Perhaps you could enlighten us. I have never heard of anyone following in Cage's footsteps. And he/they certainly never even reached the successfulness of Mozart.
I would doubt that they reached the "successfulness" of Cage, but then, I don't know who they are.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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