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Hey komponisto (and others interested in music) -- if you haven't already seen Vi Hart's latest offering, Twelve Tones, you might want to take a look. Even though it's 30 minutes long.
(I don't expect komponisto, or others at his level, will learn anything from it. But it's a lot of fun.)
I second the recommendation. I found it interesting that I enjoyed it so much despite learning almost nothing at all. Everything in the video was stuff I'd heard or thought about before, but seeing it presented in a unified, artistic, humorous fashion was very entertaining.
On the flip-side, I know almost nothing about music, was unable to understand a lot of the video, and still enjoyed it quite a bit.
I had no idea that the purpose of twelve tone was to teach people how to decontextualize musical sounds. Is listening to such music more valuable than meditation?
I'm pretty sure it wasn't Schoenberg's purpose.
That is amazing.