Reply To: Prejudice of the Melodic

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GerateWohl
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I have no problem with dissonant or atonal stuff either – I often found them difficult to listen to when I was younger, but now, if done right, insteauzzd of finding them disconcerting, they just «tickle the ear» and can be very enjoyable.

That’s interesting. Because for me it appears to be the other way around. I used to be more into dissonant music when I was younger.
One of my all time favourite orchestral works always was Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.2.
But when I recently listened to it again after almost 10 years I suddenly realized how much dissonance is in there, which never bothered me. Suddenly it felt particularly bulky.
I still know why I loved it, but I realized that my musical sensitivities changed.

Same but the other way around with some stuff of Ennio Morricone. Some of is music I found terribly sentimantal and cheesy in my younger years. Now I enjoy that a lot.