Yes, but you can make arguments both ways.

Posted by rbolaw on September 25, 2014 at 11:44:58

In Reply to: RE: Poor counting skills. posted by ahendler on September 25, 2014 at 10:54:02:

I suppose a prime rationale of clapping etiquette is allowing the audience to hear the music clearly and without distraction. A large modern concert hall in particular can get very noisy very easily. I find candy wrappers and cell phones especially irritating.

The argument on the other side is that you need to bring in an audience, especially a new, young audience, to classical music. If clapping and cheering in the middle of a performance (as is still the accepted practice in opera) helps make it more fun for them, then let it be so, or so the argument goes.

Interesting question, but I don't have the answer for this one.

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Topic - Listening to some Classical Music - jedrider 05:09:33 09/25/14 (19)

These days audiences are unpreditable - Botanico92007 16:02:00 09/27/14 (0)

RE: Listening to some Classical Music - Todd Krieger 20:09:34 09/26/14 (0)

Applause between movements hasn't always been frowned upon - hesson11 18:10:21 09/25/14 (1)

RE: Applause between movements hasn't always been frowned upon - rbolaw 09:02:30 09/26/14 (0)

The Tchaikovsky 6th is a perennial problem, when it comes to this - vinyl phanatic 16:25:50 09/25/14 (4)

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How About Tchaikovsky's 5th........... - Todd Krieger 20:11:31 09/26/14 (0)

RE: The Tchaikovsky 6th is a perennial problem, when it comes to this - pbarach 03:36:52 09/26/14 (1)

RE: The Tchaikovsky 6th is a perennial problem, when it comes to this - Todd Krieger 20:24:56 09/26/14 (0)

The beauty of listening to it at home... - Jim Treanor 14:21:26 09/25/14 (0)

Well, not everyone - Chris from Lafayette 10:36:53 09/25/14 (2)

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RE: Listening to some Classical Music - Bill Way 08:17:25 09/25/14 (0)

RE: Listening to some Classical Music - Tadlo 06:50:42 09/25/14 (0)

Poor counting skills. - Larry I 05:31:59 09/25/14 (3)

RE: Poor counting skills. - rbolaw 06:38:52 09/25/14 (2)

RE: Poor counting skills. - ahendler 10:54:02 09/25/14 (1)

Yes, but you can make arguments both ways. - rbolaw 11:44:58 09/25/14 (0)

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