In Reply to: "allow that whole tradition to stagnate and die"...Seriously... posted by SE on April 1, 2007 at 06:52:25:
To put it quite simply, I am concerned that those people who love Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc and who don't listen to contemporary music, people who seem to make up a majority of classical music lovers, are simply loving that music to death. It would be a shame to lose it, but I think the cost of keeping it alive is listening to it a little less and listening to contemporary music a lot more.And let's make no mistake about it. If every classical music lover listened to 1 hour less of the traditional reportoire a week and used that hour for listening to contemporary music instead, we would have a situation of listening a little less to the traditional reportoire and a lot more to contemporary music. Not only would it do wonders for classical music as a whole, it would give many listeners a whole new appreciation of the music they already love.
David Aiken
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Follow Ups
- Re: "allow that whole tradition to stagnate and die"...Seriously... - David Aiken 13:11:03 04/01/07 (2)
- Agreed. I think it's all viewed better as an "expanding universe"... - SE 06:40:21 04/02/07 (0)
- Your last sentence reminds me of the times..... - Chuck Y 14:27:10 04/01/07 (0)