http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/08/04/emotional-goose-bumps/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:59:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/08/04/emotional-goose-bumps/comment-page-1/#comment-6507 About the Composer » Something For Everyone in “Sparrows” Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:26:24 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2006/08/04/emotional-goose-bumps/#comment-6507 [...] If anything, my own closed-mindedness is exactly the opposite. I rarely enjoy music where the emotional content is not driven by harmony; where it’s all about timbre and nothing else. (Although, for some reason, I do quite like Varèse.) My mind wanders during 12-tone music, and music that’s all about timbre and/or atmosphere, like that of George Crumb, for example. Harmony —not necessarily tonality— is the key to activating the listener’s Emotional Goose Bumps. [...] [...] If anything, my own closed-mindedness is exactly the opposite. I rarely enjoy music where the emotional content is not driven by harmony; where it’s all about timbre and nothing else. (Although, for some reason, I do quite like Varèse.) My mind wanders during 12-tone music, and music that’s all about timbre and/or atmosphere, like that of George Crumb, for example. Harmony —not necessarily tonality— is the key to activating the listener’s Emotional Goose Bumps. [...]

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