Re: Atonal - need help

"The Gunslinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> How do I start into that dreaded atonal world so offensive to my tonal ears?

Hmm. Google groups is being weird again - I can't see the post I made
in reply to this question yesterday, even though I can see it from
another Usenet server (which I can't post to).

I know my suggestions weren't all atonal. The question was about
starting into the atonal world. My suggestions are at the easy
listening end of the spectrum.

Zappa's Civilization III is a double cd, not a single track. It's
mostly tonal, though I'm sure parts are atonal, or at least highly
chromatic/dissonant.  I'm not sure much serious study - from a
classical direction at least- has been made of Zappa's music, although
I'm sure someone will do this at some point. But `the girl in the
magnesium dress` and `ruth is sleeping`, both from The Yellow Shark
disk of performances by Ensemble Modern strike me as very
Schoenbergian, and perhaps entirely atonal.