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Music and other textures in PF
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> Dear Matt,
a)In addition to my previous message. Maybe I
pushed my argument too far when I told that there is
no connection of the notion of "texture" in the poem with music.
Still, I think this connection is rather superficial - Shade
shifts quickly to chess metaphor, and there are visual
references all the time (web of sense, pattern of the game).
Also, as far as I remember, in music the notion of "texture"
is applied not only to multiple voices but multiple
instruments - isn't it so?
B) Another remark - to all in this list. In the Foreword
by Kinbote there are several "keys" that apparently show
that it existed on paper - the phrases that should be erased
but are forgotten by the author of the Foreword: for example
(...) Insert before a professional. A professional proofreader
etc.
It is very difficult to assume that this is going in imagination of
somebody. Though it doesn't contradict absolutely certain
theories, it restricts the possibilities, and I wanted to attract
the attention to this. (Maybe it was already noticed, I don't know.)
Best,
Sergei
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a)In addition to my previous message. Maybe I
pushed my argument too far when I told that there is
no connection of the notion of "texture" in the poem with music.
Still, I think this connection is rather superficial - Shade
shifts quickly to chess metaphor, and there are visual
references all the time (web of sense, pattern of the game).
Also, as far as I remember, in music the notion of "texture"
is applied not only to multiple voices but multiple
instruments - isn't it so?
B) Another remark - to all in this list. In the Foreword
by Kinbote there are several "keys" that apparently show
that it existed on paper - the phrases that should be erased
but are forgotten by the author of the Foreword: for example
(...) Insert before a professional. A professional proofreader
etc.
It is very difficult to assume that this is going in imagination of
somebody. Though it doesn't contradict absolutely certain
theories, it restricts the possibilities, and I wanted to attract
the attention to this. (Maybe it was already noticed, I don't know.)
Best,
Sergei
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