On Friday, January 6, 2006, at 01:06 PM, Howard Posner wrote: > But its proponents make specific claims about the structure of Mozart > (and, in rather a leap of logic, its effect on children) that would not > be true of Bach, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Machaut, Dowland, > or Gesualdo. They're not true of Mozart in many cases, of course.
I'm guessing here, of course, but could it be that they don't know, or care to learn about, the forms and structures used by other composers? And (as long as you're monitoring my grammar ;-) ;-) please excuse my beginning the sentence with a conjunction) it also seems like a bit of a leap of logic for these experts to assert that early familiarity with sonata-allegro form will make you a better person. Or (oops, there I go again!) early familiarity with rondo form will make you a more "well-rounded" person? ;-) I'm being hugely facetious here. Actually, I know nothing of this topic as I'm sure is obvious by now. I'll get busy with that FAQ that Craig mentioned. David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
