On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:08:13AM +0700, Anh Hai Trinh wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Eivind Michael Skretting > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> 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. > > > > Well, first of all, as have been mentioned, it's not about lenght. > > Email me off-list about this if you want to discuss this point further > but no matter what angle you look at this piece, there is just no way > it is not minimalistic. > > > And Chopin's harmonies is in no way minimalistic (meaning "simple"). > > Not for that particular piece. In general, nowadays, Chopin's harmony > is considered to be in the Common Practice Period and are well > understood by second-semester harmony students. It is not simple, but > certainly not complex. Chopin's harmony to a music student is like a > heap to a programmer. (obviously this is just a way of saying)
Well, just to finish, I am a music student, so I do know what I am talking about, and that it's complexity is a matter of what it's compared to (I think I understand Chopin's harmony better than heaps, by the way). Thanks for the argument, anyway! Eivind
