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Originally Posted by jujimufu
lol  Who are you to a) distinguish between "good" and "bad" art, and then say with great confidence that the sole purpose of art is to reveal emotion? |
I assume you were referring to what I posted. You may have read it rather speedily and become inflamed without considering the (admittedly slightly confusing) syntax:
"The three statements that confuse me are firstly that Bach's music was mainly focussed on rhythm ... and thirdly that the sole purpose of good art is to reveal emotion."
I then shortly after wrote that:
"What does confuse me however is the idea that emotion is the sole virtue of music. Is there not more to it than that?"
I think we're probably in agreement.
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Originally Posted by jujimufu
In contrary, I could argue largely that it is, in fact, easier to convey emotion with as less instruments as possible.
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Again. I never claimed anything to the contrary. I said that
I thought it was probably easier to
contrive emotion with more instruments. When it comes to generating emotion that's plausible, it's probably equally difficult with any sized ensemble. Also, the fact you'd want to contradict me just for the sake of it seems rather counterproductive. I'm more interested in arriving at what I find most believable. You win the argument.