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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: I appreciate your enthusiasm... posted by SE on April 5, 2007 at 10:03:25:
I am not sure that Mozart or Bach would consider their craft "high art," as that is more a 20th Century idea that has been applied to their music. I do think that both would be astonished however, that their music is still so popular some 200 years and 250 years (respectively) after it was composed.There is simply no way to predict the future but using history as our guide, it's clear that interest in "classical" music changes from generation to generation.
I think Gustav Mahler would have been very pleased (though perhaps not surprised) to see the way that his music was embraced 50 years after his death. I often wonder what it was about the 1960's that catylzed interest in (and understanding of) Mahler's music. Perhaps Mahler was (in some ways) aware that it would take a new age, a new culture, with different values than the values of the Edwardian era, to really connect with and understand his music. Perhaps he was writing specifically for a future audience.
Just as interest declines in one age, it can grow in another. I don't understand these cycles, but I think many artists appreciate that their work is their legacy.
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