In Reply to: And any insult was sincerely unintentional. posted by rbolaw on July 6, 2016 at 13:13:54:
I agree with that statement, but I disagree with your follow-on. I think composers today actually COULD write masterpieces in Mozart's style, but there's only so much room on Mount Olympus, and works like the Jupiter Symphony (how appropriate!) and the G-minor Viola Quintet already have squatters' rights - and they aren't going to be dislodged easily. Then too, there would be such disruption and psychological resistance on the part of the public because such a state of affairs would undermine what they've been taught from childhood, i.e., that Mozart was the boy wonder of composers, a unique genius whose works can never be equaled. IOW, the public, by and large, has the mental capacity to accept only a certain limited number of GREAT WORKS - otherwise, they'll all just get confused! ;-)
Edits: 07/06/16
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Follow Ups
- "Many composers today can write convincingly in Mozart's style" - Chris from Lafayette 13:35:30 07/06/16 (14)
- Nah. - rbolaw 13:45:32 07/06/16 (13)
- Well, OK - but remember. . . - Chris from Lafayette 15:04:44 07/06/16 (12)
- RE: Well, OK - but remember. . . - rbolaw 17:14:15 07/06/16 (1)
- I knew you were going to bring up Kreisler! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 17:36:33 07/06/16 (0)
- The computer thing has been done. - D Harvey 15:38:49 07/06/16 (9)
- Yeah - I remember that - Chris from Lafayette 17:22:15 07/06/16 (0)
- Spot on, yet again. - rbolaw 16:49:08 07/06/16 (7)
- "I've never thought of any work of art as unsurpassable perfection" - Chris from Lafayette 17:29:40 07/06/16 (6)
- You mean Beethoven influenced later composers??? ;-) - rbolaw 20:29:53 07/06/16 (5)
- Context, context, context - Chris from Lafayette 23:16:52 07/06/16 (4)
- Rochberg didn't really write in Beethoven's or Mahler's styles - rbolaw 06:37:26 07/07/16 (3)
- So Rochberg's music is "an inevitably imperfect copy" therefore "even more disappointing"? - Chris from Lafayette 08:42:37 07/07/16 (2)
- RE: So Rochberg's music is "an inevitably imperfect copy" therefore "even more disappointing"? - rbolaw 10:06:22 07/07/16 (1)
- The thing that makes Rochberg so controversial. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:30:48 07/07/16 (0)