On Jun 23, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
"Once we cycle back out of these conservative artistic times and
experiment
once becomes part of the composer's attitude, the software situation
(and
codification dilemma) may improve -- or, as I suggested above, it may
result in further stratification of composers into a collaborative
class
and a rejectionist class."
I don't think this "cycling back out" is likely any time soon.
Historically, the norm for notation is a very gradual evolution based
on changing understanding of what notations mean. Periods of frank
experimentation come along only about once every 300 years, and seldom
last very long.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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