source file: mills2.txt Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 00:18:18 -0800 Subject: Re: First Published Treatise in English From: Daniel Wolf <106232.3266@compuserve.com> Johnny wrote: Daniel, I am sorry to contradict your assertion here, as before. I worked with La Monte Young for several years as... Response: I'm sorry, but I got this opinion from La Monte himself. (Many times repeated in previous conversations, last in a telephone call two weeks ago). Johnny wrote: The title of his treatise contains the words "easy" and "practical" which seem to me to make clear the author's desire to fall on the simpler side of things.. Response: A quick look at some of the astonishing examples of diminution in the Morley - of proto- Ferneyhough rhythmic complexity - will convince you that ''plain and easy'' refers to his explanatory technique and not to his music. I am afraid that you took your signal from Slonimsky and haven't spent much time dealing with the Morley itself. (I used it teaching undergrads for a couple of years). Johnny wrote: Pitch is merely a smaller unit than interval. Response: This is so bizarre that I will just let it stand. Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 10:59 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA05851; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 11:01:54 +0100 Received: from eartha.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA06731 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id CAA02861; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 02:01:52 -0800 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 02:01:52 -0800 Message-Id: <199701020500_MC2-E31-2A19@compuserve.com> Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu