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An entire discipline devoted to a 12-tone row of notes completely divorced from the Circle of Fifths - we had to cover this crap in a music theory class at Eastman. I dropped out before the first term had ended - it damn near cured me of music.

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That atonal garbage is the quickest way to empty a concert hall. Zubin Mehta turned 87 today.

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Happy belated birthday, Maestro Mehta!

Agreed тАУ yet, there are still orchestra companies that will feature the occasional Bartok piece, or Britten work. I won't be critical of actual composers (while that was my aspiration when I entered, it will remain unrealized), but I can't listen to, and appreciate it as some can.

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