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In Reply to: Bizarre twist in musical taste (long) posted by Teresa on July 1, 2012 at 01:59:53:
Although I think you are going overboard when bemoaning 30 years spent listening to classical music. That strikes me as the rabid polemicizing of the recent convert.My response is as follows:
1) classical music isn't a monolith. It includes music written in Dresden in 1630, New York in 1930 and Florence in 1830. The inability to appreciate any of the subclasses of classical music points to a cultural narrowness. (I am not accusing you of such narrowness. You have listened and appreciated many of these genres.)
2) Classical music is radically more sophisticated than much other music (not all of it). 100 years ago, the vast majority of a classical audience would have been proficient in an instrument and a sizable minority would be able to chart harmonic progressions in real time while following along with the music. The composers who could cater to such an audience had by necessity to be immensely skilled and talented. The contrast with today's lamentable state of audience knowledge is clear.
That isn't to browbeat you into going back to classical music. But they are arguments to reconsider your emotions and agree to take a break from classical without some of the negative emotions.
Edits: 07/01/12
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- This is a pretty interesting post, Teresa - jult52 04:13:46 07/01/12 (8)
- Today's audience's “lack of knowledge” is beyond lamentable, it is destructive willful ignorance. - cfb 06:06:32 07/01/12 (7)
- It's Not "Lack of Knowledge" That's the Problem.......... - Todd Krieger 17:39:57 07/03/12 (0)
- The state of affairs - Analog Scott 13:58:28 07/01/12 (4)
- RE: The state of affairs - ahendler 14:48:11 07/01/12 (3)
- RE: The state of affairs - Analog Scott 14:58:21 07/01/12 (2)
- RE: The state of affairs - ahendler 18:25:10 07/01/12 (1)
- RE: The state of affairs - Analog Scott 09:00:17 07/02/12 (0)
- This is not true at all - Kloss 07:23:26 07/01/12 (0)
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