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Posted by caleb And your remarks about the academic career for composers are on the money as well. We seem to be getting fewer books by composers. (Like Piston or Schoenberg) Recent books by theorists might reflect the rise of a professional class of pure academic theorists. I'm not sure if this is true. IMO, the most interesting theory books are the ones where a composer talks shop: "This is how I did it." "This is what I was thinking about." On another point, the jargon used by theorists is much more forgivable if you try to imagine writing about these concepts yourself. You simply can't do it without jargon. Still, there does seem to be some avoidance of ordinary language in the 12-tone camp. The writing of Milton B. comes to mind.
on 11/3/2006, 9:26 am, in reply to "Re: Straus: Intro to P.T. Theory"
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Yes. This is a more mature way of looking at it. I ought to have thought about the process of getting something published in the real world. I haven't really thought about that before. I've only been an avid *consumer* of music theory books.
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