|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
67.82.40.236
In Reply to: RE: Ummm ... well ... posted by Amphissa on May 16, 2016 at 09:51:37
Yes, your comments about the NYT music coverage are accurate. Yes, that particular issue was an outlier, yes, the NY Philharmonic was on tour, and yes, their are many other sources in today's internet world.
But Britney Spears and Chelsea Handler are old news in the pop culture world. They were all over page one solely because the Times is desperately trying to attract more readers in their 20s and 30s, to replace their elderly existing readers who are beginning to die at a rapid rate.
And readers in their 20s and 30s do not care about classical music, whether it's by Rheinhold Gliere or Morton Feldman. Today's children and teens will care even less, if that's even possible.
Follow Ups:
And also, classical music lovers who actually attend concerts are the educated and/or well-to-do people of the city. They are receiving concert notices in the mail and don't really need reviews after the fact, because they were there or they are already familiar with the performers. Reviews after the concerts are performed don't really bring new people into the house. They are designed to sell product.
And as another poster said, it's about advertising. The featured articles in the slick music mags are paid for by the label and it would not surprise me if the post-concert review articles in the Times for these "stars" (both pop and classical) are paid for.
If the NYT were doing real reviews of performances around the city, there would be lots of articles about the amazing array of performances at Carnegie Hall, the Y, Met Museum, the ASO, Jupiter Symphony, etc, etc.
You are right that the current state of classical music reviewing and writing is much poorer than in the past. But I don't see it as a recent phenomenon. It was pretty poor even when I lived there a decade ago.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
basically means since the 1980s or thereabouts. I know, many people wouldn't agree with that, especially those who weren't yet born in the 1980s.
Post a Followup:
FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: