[Fmpro] FMPRO Latest Rant: "Where are the Distinctive Voicesinscoring?"

[Ted Peterson]

Are you kidding me? Please reread your history books. Even Grout  
mentions how much Beethoven's music influenced the next generation of  
composers. He is credited with starting the Romantic school. His  
later quartets were so futuristic (Expecially the C#minor) that  
people still have difficulty coming to grips with the works. I can  
write reams of stuff  that Beethoven did that showed up later. For  
example, people always give Beethoven short shrift as an  
orchestrator. However on examination of the symphonies, you can see  
all kinds of trends that defy that opinion.

Ted Peterson

On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Fernando Rivas wrote:

> Ted,
>
> When you say that Beethoven was 'cutting edge' I'm not so sure that  
> such is
> the case.  He was an innovator in many ways musically but he never  
> created a
> new form nor did he ever step out of the timbral universe already  
> created by
> Haydn.  In fact, Haydn in that respect was much more of a  
> formidable force
>