I'm reading Forbidden Music: the Jewish composers banned by the Nazis,
by Michael Haas.
It quotes a lot from early music critics, and two particular examples appealed to me:
On page 60, Julius Korngold (father of the film composer, Erich Korngold) writes about atonal music, in 1925.
The tonality traitors know well why they're against expression. They have to make a virtue out of necessity. Atonal cacophony negates sensual, melodic, emotional sensibility. We read in
Alfred Einstein's
Dictionary...
Published on April 16, 2016 13:53