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Originally Posted by almacg
And yes, I am speaking generally about 'atonality', what is percieved as atonal will differ greatly from person to person, but I think if we're shrewd enough we can tell a completely atonal piece from a tonal one.. Yes, you could argue that everything has some kind of reference to a key, but you know what I'm talking about...
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Well, considering that the majority of people appear to think that Sacre du Printemps is "atonal, I wouldn't put too much trust in the general level of "shrewdness".
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In musical criticism, when issues of craft and technical consideration are set aside, what remains is more subjective. However, until technical issues are dealt with, the subjective portion bears considerably less weight.
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