This is a sequel post to Styles of Com­po­si­tion — Writ­ing. Please read it before you read this post. Thanks. Struc­tural Music On the one hand, we have com­plex, heavy, and unemo­tional com­po­si­tions, which are vig­or­ous and char­ac­ter­ized by struc­ture and … Con­tinue read­ing →

This is a piece I’d writ­ten in 1991, with minor edits. I’m not sure what ‘cat­e­gories’ I should post this in. When I read it today, it sounds too sim­plis­tic and I could be jus­ti­fi­ably accused of over-simplification and gen­er­al­iza­tion. … Con­tinue read­ing →