Richard D. Russell » Iran http://rdrussell.com Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Thought for the Day http://rdrussell.com/thought-for-the-day http://rdrussell.com/thought-for-the-day#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:35:00 +0000 http://rdrussell.wordpress.com/2007/04/15/thought-for-the-day/ I know a musician from Iran who came to study music in New York. He was very interested in classical music of (what we call) the Western world. And he […]

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]]> I know a musician from Iran who came to study music in New York. He was very interested in classical music of (what we call) the Western world. And he said something once I’ll never forget: “Western music is the only music concerned with harmony.” (Thanks, Hafez!)

I thought about this as I was reading about the Chinese composer Huang Ruo. In the article, he said,

“In China, we never talk about ‚Äòin tune‚Äô or ‚Äòout of tune.‚Äô I think it‚Äôs a very Western thing.‚Äù

Just some things to think about.

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