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In Reply to: Well, I don't agree with your last statement... posted by SE on April 23, 2007 at 10:32:39:
HI SE,
It's not a sylistic change as much as maturity. Are you now just playing with words? You know I didn't mean that he made some sort of public pronouncement that he was going to change his ways. No. He was growing and reacting to emotional depths he could not reach before, IMO. I truly believe he went through an epiphany concerning his father which allowed deeper feelings and musical profundity to emerge. But this is just speculation. What's not in doubt is that he was changing and becomming more emotionally mature. Not the brat anymore. Life is a humbling experience.I'll repeat. His earlier fluff is underlined as such by his later maturity. The contrast is striking. Can you not see this?
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There are very few composers whose later works don't have more to say than their earlier ones. All artists mature. So, you are saying you like his later works more than his earlier ones? OK. I don't think of composers as "brats" and such. A lot of that is trumped-up by authors trying to sell books. Mozart's early works are extremely "mature" as Classical Period compositions. His later works veer towards Romantic. Do you like music by the great Franz Joseph Haydn? Most of HIS stuff sounds like early Mozart...because it's Classical Period. The most highly successful Medieval and much of Baroque isn't nearly as emotionally charged (or as technically competent) as early Mozart. That makes this music disposable? Or, do we apply different standards as listeners in order to appreciate them?
HI Se,
I was going to mention Papa Joe but I didn't want to confuse the issue. I like Hayden even less than early Mozart. As with Mozart, I won't deny he was a significant historical figure. His music doesn't do much for me.But do understand there are many pre-classical composers I venerate. Like Bach, Vivaldi, Buxtahude (especially his organ works), and even earlier. Maybe I just don't like the Classical period at all.
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