[Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-08 Thread EarlRShay
Johannes, I'm going to have to heartily disagree with you about Swing after 1900. Fiora Contino, a superb conductor and in of Puccini, Toscanini lineage (her father was the first Boheme Marcello) and her sister quite an accomplished Soprano) are close enough to the source to make a reliable s

[Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-09 Thread EarlRShay
Johannes... It sounds like you are saying after 1900 music is less apt to be "swung". If that is what you are saying then I would disagree with you. e > perhaps some more recent music is supposed to > be static > ** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2

Re: [Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-08 Thread Johannes Gebauer
So in what way are you disagreeing with me? Can you explain? Johannes On 09.02.2009 earlrs...@aol.com wrote: Johannes, I'm going to have to heartily disagree with you about Swing after 1900. Fiora Contino, a superb conductor and in of Puccini, Toscanini lineage (her father was the first Bohe

Re: [Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
No, all I said was that _perhaps_ _some_ more recent music is supposed to be static. I was thinking more of some experimental music, and sound painting, where it would be difficult to argue that there should be swing. I never said that _all_ music after 1900 was static and didn't have swing. Th

Re: [Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Feb 2009 at 13:49, earlrs...@aol.com wrote: > It sounds like you are saying after 1900 music is less apt to be "swung". > If that is what you are saying then I would disagree with you. Whether or not it was intended by the original practitioners in the 19th century, the performance prac

Re: [Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Feb 2009 at 17:46, earlrs...@aol.com wrote: > Mr Fenton... that's a HUGE statement for so little backup "Whether or not > it was intended by the original practicioners" and your support for it where > "you" grew up.. if you have read ANY of the Wagner literature and heard ANY > of > the

Re: [Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-10 Thread norman
i am constantly reminded on this thread, of the Duke Ellington song "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing"swing can mean so many things in the musical genremy own learning being that swing involves anticipation of the beat...or slightly out of beat(tune).

Re: [Finale] Swing after 1900

2009-02-11 Thread dhbailey
norman wrote: i am constantly reminded on this thread, of the Duke Ellington song "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing"swing can mean so many things in the musical genremy own learning being that swing involves anticipation of the beat...or slightly out of bea