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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: That is a fabulous dream. It will only happen, however... posted by SE on April 5, 2007 at 07:06:48:
You forget that posthumous "discovery" is not all that uncommon. Take for example Franz Schubert. He was known only as a song composer during his lifetime. After his death, a great wealth of (unpublished) compositions in virtually every genre were indeed found in a drawer and published posthumously. Much of Schubert's great musical legacy was unknown in his lifetime.I resent the idea that contemporary "student" composers lack talent or are somehow to young to be noticed or taken seriously. Mozart composed most of his work before the age of 30. Same for Schubert, Chopin, and Mendelssohn (and countless others).
Some of these composers found a public in their lifetimes. Some did not. Contemporary composers may often work in obscurity (like their forebears) but that fact alone says nothing about the artistic merit of their compositions (which are quite often breathtaking). Just because something is not famous (yet) does not take away from it's worth.
The public is capricious and slow to catch on. Yet, the works (once "discovered") live on once the artists have passed. To me, that is the definition of "classical."
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- Commonplace - layman 09:21:47 04/05/07 (2)
- I appreciate your enthusiasm... - SE 10:03:25 04/05/07 (1)
- Legacies - layman 10:22:02 04/05/07 (0)
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