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MiNe 109 wrote:

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"John Atkinson" wrote:

Jenn wrote:
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Britain's best 20th century composer was of course Vaughan
Williams.

I LOVE RVW, but I think of him as a 19th century composer, as
indicated by his harmonic language.

Yes. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Same with Holst.

Well...


I think of the various folk music influences as 20th century.


Interesting! I think of them as decidedly 19th century! I'm
re-studying his Folk Song Suite now for performances in March, btw.
Such great songs: Seventeen Come Sunday, My Bonnie Boy, etc.


Tune w/new arrangement is probably as ancient as music itself! I'm
thinking more of the how folk modes show a way to escape the inevitable
ti-do of functional harmony. Collecting (and recording) folk tunes is
also very much a modern activity.

I finally learned the name of the 'other tune' from V-W's
"Greensleeves," "Lovely Joan."

Stephen