Paul Nervy Notes
“Jokes, poems, stories, and a lot of philosophy, psychology, and sociology.”


Main page




Arts, music, criticism.  ---  .This section considers principles and methods of criticism in music.  ---  12/30/2003


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  .This section is about music criticism.  Topics include: .  ---  1/24/2006


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  (1) Philosophical criticism of lyrics: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics views held by lyrics.  (2) Lit criticism of lyrics: what is the theme, author, etc?  (3) Psychological criticism of lyrics: what is the subject and attitude?  Where is the catharsis?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  All music besides angry blues rock is b.s..  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Book to write.  Greatest rock lyrics, and criticism of them, by subject area.  Excellence of message.  Excellence of poetry.  Excellence of music.  ---  01/26/1994


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Cannons: anyone's, academia's, Paul's.  Criticism: anyone's, academia's, Paul's.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Criticism: (1) Analysis, (2) Judgment: rating great, good, average, below average, or bad; for both words and music.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Earliest recording of a tune vs. best rendition of a tune.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Elements, variations, and principles.  Schools of music criticism.  Principles of music criticism.  Methods of music criticism.  History of theory of music criticism.  Criticism of music styles, artists, and songs.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  For each composition analyze all its elements, and judge how successful it was.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Four types of musical excellence.  (1) Technical excellence.  (2) Expressive excellence.  (3) Composition excellence.  (4) Theoretical knowledge excellence.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  History of music criticism.  Schools of music criticism.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Hot vs. cool.  Droning vs. not.  I like hot droning music.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  How good is it?  Why is it that good?  What's good and bad about it?  How does it compare to others?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  How I judge the depth of a person's musical taste and criticism skills.  Can they appreciate Hendrix?  Can they appreciate Dylan?  Do they like both?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Lyric criticism: subject, view, etc., (see literature, criticism).  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Music and words should mesh perfectly.  If they don't the piece won't work.  Writing words to fit the music.  Writing music to fit the words.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Skill as performer and writer.  Achieving a true or false, proper or improper, view and emotion.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Taste is the most important thing in art, for both artist and audience.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Too many songs are strong in one element or area and weak in another.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Traits of good music.  Truth, complexity, power, accuracy, precision, subtlety, scope and depth, expressiveness in both words and music.  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  What are the top 100 rock tunes and lyrics?  What do they teach us that the textbooks can not?  What do the textbooks teach us that music can not?  ---  04/01/1994


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  What good is music?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Who has the ability, the theory, and the historical knowledge?  Who has the drive, emotions, vision, and who will do the work?  Who has the head (optimum psychological viewpoint)?  Who has the talent (instinctive knowledge)?  Who has the character?  Who has the time, energy, money, and materials?  Who has the most overall?  ---  12/30/1992


Arts, music, criticism.  ---  Writing music criticism: (1) Analyze the piece.  What is it?  What does it remind one of?  What is it like?  (2) Evaluate.  How good is it?  ---  12/30/1992




Main page


Paul Nervy Notes. Copyright 1988-2007 by Paul Nervy.