On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Eivind Michael Skretting <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 09:35:48PM +0700, Anh Hai Trinh wrote: >> I think the essence of minimalism is that one take away as much as one >> possibly can. >> > > Then one should exclude Chopin from that definition.
What do you mean exactly? His A major Prelude is probably the shortest piece of music that exists (20~ seconds) and amongst the most beautiful. If that is not minimalistic, I don't know what is. Chopin is, after all, most famous for his _miniature_ pieces. > On a end note, the original mention of Minimalism was with a capital > "M", so I figured the discussion needed some clearing-up. Point taken. -- @chickamade
