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Old Oct 13, 2012, 09:00 AM
Xenofan 29A Xenofan 29A is offline
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Yeah, and to think he came after the 2nd New England school? I did an independent study for Music in American from 1800-1920s, ending on Ives--loved all of it, of course --and it was Ives that ended up as my final's paper focus, along with Arthur Foote and George Chadwick. Love the Ives <3
Yep, America went from its best composers being people like MacDowell and Beach to having a real innovator in a single generation. Pretty amazing!

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Originally Posted by OpaOpa
"Twilight", from FFX?
Definitely. No tonal center that I've ever heard in that one.

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Certain tracks from Drakengard might qualify.
Yeah, but that's because of the process they used. None of the pieces they sampled from were atonal (as I remember). Still, that's also a good choice.
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