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i just think that there is a difference between original and reinventing music. it could just be semantics, but it reminds me of a fascinating article that i recently read by leonard myer called style and music or something like that. he talks about style in different periods and how composition is limited by different restraints on different levels.
there are laws
rules
and
strategies
rules are the general musical rules of an era that dont change (our era rules are a basic freee for all experimentation) and strategies are the way to make unique compositions. like bach and mozart had the same basic rules, but their strategies were completely different.
when i say branca didnt reinvent music i guess i mean that he uses the same rules that were already at his disposal and simply found new strategies to work within the constrains, whether they were conscious or subconscious.
that is different from schoenberg who completely changed the rules (even if the new rule was based off the old one)
hope whatever i said makes sense. its an interesting article to read.
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