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

We've had that discussion before on thi sforum...

with a certain Severius.

I feel strongly that being able to read a score and recognise *some* of what the composer put into the music is crucial to understanding the importance and magnitude of the piece.

But many music listeners, including a few on this forum, feel that analysis lessens one's immediate enjoyment. You know, the immediate satisfaction that comes with a visceral, non-thinking sort of response. "It's got a beat and I can dance to it". (Typical pop-music sort of mindset).

When I was a teenager (about a half-century ago), I had an argument with my next-door neighbour, who had a big stereo system and loved the 'big gesture' of Beethoven. He thought Mozart and Bach were 'trite'. I didn't have the ammo then to demolish him and his cretinism, although I know now exactly what I'd say if I saw him again.

With the advent of hip-hop and the desecration of music education in the schools (at least in the U.S.), the sort of musical understanding that comes with analysis and historical awareness is receding even further in the rear-view mirror. Most people in my area who go to symphony concerts do so for social (business expense?) reasons, not for edification.


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