To: Borges
Serious Music = Music where the notated score transcends any single performance = music that looks better than it sounds.
142 posted on
05/05/2008 2:20:50 AM PDT by
Rudder
("There is only one chief. Obey him." [Rush Limbaugh, April 30, 2008])
To: Rudder
That's the most nonjudgmental definition. Pop music is based on the performance. The music can change in any number of ways...melodically, harmonically. Not so with ‘notational’ music.
152 posted on
05/05/2008 7:58:43 AM PDT by
Borges
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