[Jenn]

Eeyore wrote:
Jenn wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
MiNe 109 wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
MiNe 109 wrote:

I think of the various folk music influences as 20th century. In some
ways V-W's modalities are more modern than the chromaticism of, say,
Strauss.

Folk ?

Sandy Denny.

I like Sandy Denny, but I'm thinking more of V-W, Grainger, Bartok,
Kodaly, Stravinsky, Granados, etc, using folk tunes as a basis for new
approaches to tonality.

That's not what I call 'folk' no matter how good it may be. Anything
orchestral is quite another matter to my mind.

Graham

No one is calling what the above mentioned composers did "folk music".
Those composers used vernacular folk tunes either in arrangement or as
influence in their art music opuses.

Do you have any preference ? For 'folk' or 'folk inspired' orchestral ?

Graham

It depends on the day, frankly. My heart is geared toward and I make
my living doing both.