<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">In the midst of administrative travails in recent weeks, I've been watching this thread...with perhaps more skepticism that was entirely charitable. If I had more time, I would like to encourage and participate in a more general discussion of mode and affect, historical and present, in the light of all that supposed sophistication that we lay claim to as scholars and serious thinkers about and in music. But, alas, no...<div><br></div><div>Instead a simple amazed observation...that no one has mentioned the slow movement of Ravel's G major Piano Concerto. Even though I have profound Nelson-Goodman–encouraged suspicions about the meaningfulness of saying that a piece of music is sad...surely no major-mode movement is sadder than this one.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes to all,</div><div>Charles<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</div><div>Prof. Charles J. Smith</div><div>Associate Professor of Music Theory & Chair of the Department</div><div>Music Department, 220 Baird Hall, University at Buffalo</div><div>Buffalo, NY 14260</div><div><a href="mailto:cjsmith@buffalo.edu">cjsmith@buffalo.edu</a></div><div>Chair's Office:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>716-645-2764</div><div>Private Line: 716-645-0639</div><div>Office Fax:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>716-645-3824</div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></div></body></html>