Date sent: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 07:29:07 EST
Subject: Re: Jerome Hines and "Modern" Music/Art
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 12/20/99 1:00:12 PM Pacific Standard Time,
honzen-at-yahoo.com writes:

<< Most frequently performed
operatic works are (with some exceptions) from the 17
or 1800's and are tonal with a linear storyline. This
is also what seems most popular with audiences. I'm
curious to know if a lot of people involved with vocal
music (as I am) have the same attitude Hines seems to
have toward more recent, non-linear and abstracted
trends in the arts. >>

While I consider atonal music an interesting experiment, I believe that
melody is essential to the art of musical invention. Linear music is not
only healthy for good singing but it preserves the beauty of the human voice.