Re: Chord Function?

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

>
> In those cases, there was enough of a spiteful audience to sup****t these
> creations as acts of rebellion or generational individuation. But, who
> honestly likes atonal music besides atonal composers?

Again, let's be careful. "Atonal" can mean "not-tonal", in which case,
most 
music outside of the 200 years in Western European compostion through the 
18th and 19th century (roughly) is Atonal. Everything before 1600 is
Atonal. 
Everything from Bali and India, and China, and Australia, and Africa is 
Atonal.

But if we're limiting to the specific style that is "Atonal Music", then I

would say there are as many avid listeners as there are composers - not 
many. Of course, I might venture to say the same thing about Free Jazz, or

even Bach's Fugues - they were intended for a more "specific" audience.

Steve