Funny post from the rec.music.classical.recordings newsgroup

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

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on March 1, 2015 at 10:35:54

Sorry - it's mainly a cut and paste (link below), but I was amused by it:

MAKING CLASSICAL MUSIC RELEVANT

perhaps there is nothing more ephemeral
than being relevant. Let's look at
some past trends in which stodgy old
classical music failed to fully
interact with the youth demographic:

in 1967, classical woefully failed
to issue more psychedelic performances
of it's Beethoven Fifths, thus
distancing itself from the young, who
are the future of music.

in 1972, classical's outdated idiom
failed to "funkify" it's productions,
again loosing the opportunity for
growth with the times.

in 1976, classical music actually had
performances without disco in it, so
how the hell could this appeal to
the young, slick and fasionable?

In 1980, Pac-man failed to show up
as a continuo to our Mozart symphonies,
laughably showing our distance from the
common man, losing the youth market.

in 1989, gangsta rap was despised by
conductors and orchestra management,
but what else could orchestras have done
do keep up with the times but harmonize
with the music of real people, and not
the pretend world of the classics?

in 1992, the grunge movement was again
turned down by classical's aging listeners,
denying the opportunity for mutual
celebration of art forms with the kids.

in 1999, sadly the Britney symphony was
turned down, even before production, going
against the marketers suggestions to
give classical music more appeal to tweens.

If we only listened to these experts, we
could have saved Classical Music from
becoming irrelavnt; but is there any last
ditch effort we could do to save it, and get
with the times?

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.music.classical. (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Funny post from the rec.music.classical.recordings newsgroup - Chris from Lafayette 10:35:54 03/01/15 (15)

RE: Funny post from the rec.music.classical.recordings newsgroup - bald2 22:16:26 03/04/15 (1)

Good points - I agree [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 08:55:34 03/05/15 (0)

RE: Funny post from the rec.music.classical.recordings newsgroup - Amphissa 12:03:11 03/01/15 (10)

Modernism in music was/is more suitable for cinema than for pure listening... - genungo 07:47:05 03/03/15 (0)

Interesting. I would say exactly the opposite. - rbolaw 14:18:35 03/01/15 (8)

RE: Interesting. I would say exactly the opposite. - learsfool 20:05:18 03/04/15 (0)

RE: Interesting. - Amphissa 17:01:52 03/01/15 (6)

RE: Interesting. - rbolaw 18:15:17 03/01/15 (5)

RE: Interesting. - Amphissa 22:48:50 03/01/15 (4)

Modernist composers - Chris from Lafayette 10:24:38 03/02/15 (2)

Smart kids. I guess ... - rbolaw 14:34:24 03/02/15 (1)

Yes - the younger one became a piano major at Northwestern [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:10:48 03/02/15 (0)

RE: Interesting. - rbolaw 07:34:17 03/02/15 (0)

China may be "classical" savior. - jimbill 11:10:46 03/01/15 (1)

Possibly, the savior of classic hifi as well... - genungo 06:56:04 03/03/15 (0)

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