Home Music Lane

It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

RE: Who needs home keys? And why I hate Mozart......

Our 21st century sensibilities certainly make it difficult to enjoy some music out of context. After all, Mozart was writing for a vastly different audience than today's, without as much formal education or exposure to music. We may not appreciate that we listen to music with post- Stravinsky, post-12 tone and post- rock and roll (etc...) ears. Perhaps someone else has posted something to this effect here; I haven't read all of the posts in this thread. It seems to me that we might re-frame the subject a bit and seek ways to appreciate music more for it's expressive qualities than it's technical limitations. To whit, I offer Stravinsky's love of Gesualdo...

This being said, I don't know of any music that speaks to the heart as directly as "Deh Vieni Non Tardar" from Figaro, as profoundly as the inner movements of the G minor viola quintet, or as poignantly as the quartet at the end of the first act of "Cosi Fan Tutte." I, for one, couldn't possibly care less about the technical simplicity of the music. To paraphrase a famous composer, "originality is not what's important, but what is expressed."

Harry


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