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There has been considerable debate about whether 'pure' music can communicate the composer's thoughts, or even his emotional intentions for the music. I'm wondering how far 'purity' can be stretched. Deleeuw's "Der nächtliche Wanderer" contains, besides the title, some hints. At the beginning...

We already have Current Listening and 'Blew Me Away' threads. No, what I'm thinking of here is more like your present (and changing) relationship to your listening and understanding of classical music, to your fanaticism and enjoyment. Where are you now? Are you listening to more classical...

This poll is not about anyone else but yourself as a listener of 20th century and contemporary avant-garde music if you are a listener of such. How well do you think you know the music? It is whatever this question may mean to you or if you are confused by this question, then you may well...

As a classical music listener, how conservative do you think you are? You can define conservative in any way you wish for the purpose of this poll. I am not going to do that, it is just whatever it means to you. So, for example my uncle listens only to mid to late Romantic classical music...

Now I'm sure none of this will be particularly revelatory. These basic ideas are fairly common sense, but I think it could be a good starting point for some interesting discussion. All music is a mixture of predictable (P) and unpredictable (U) elements. People tend to like a certain amount of...