Re: Chord Function?

Orlando Enrique Fiol <ofiol@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> tkorth1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >I mentioned Webern, because I don't hear much difference between his
free
> >and series based atonality.  Although Schoenberg is reputed to have
said
> >that "schoolchildren will be whistling 12 tone rows by the year 2000",
I
> >agree with you about not hearing the rows and frankly, don't think it's
that
> >im****tant.
> 
> I think most dodecaphonic composers sincerely hoped listeners would 
> tem****arily build up expectations based on the implications of each row.
> This is of course unlikely because tonal expectations take lifetimes to
> build.
> 
> >But do you get a sense of the chromatic whole along with various 
> >motivic, contrapuntal, rhythmic timbral and dynamic processes in
Webern?
> 
> Certainly.
> 
> >I do and find most of his output to be very listenable - more so than
much of
> >Schoenberg and Berg (except for the Piano Sonata and Violin Concerto).
> 
> I personally like Berg's works best.

Does Berg have a _bad_ piece? 

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