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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: Not sure what to say. Art cannot grow without it's audience... posted by SE on April 11, 2007 at 03:39:59:
Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, all needed encouraging in their day. Serious composers today need the same. Once question is how to separate the charlatans and pretenders from those worth listening to. Perhaps that's a function of time and that is the answer.It is easy to forget that Beethoven was viewed as radical when he brought out some of his works. They were reviled by some.
The problem today is how to find modern music that is appealing to an individual. Perhaps there should be a rating system such as the movies have: A - atonal M - melodic C - John Cage. This is somewhat tongue in cheek, but perhaps the point is made. How do people like me who like lovely melodies find modern works to listen to?
Two of my favorite Christmas songs are modern ones by John Rutter. So I got one of his larger works. Most disappointing. That can happen with any composer, of course. I have selections by Mozart, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, et al collecting dust.
You are right that classical music can't become fossilized but the answer as to how to nurture its growth still eludes me.
Got any pieces that I can hum after one listen?
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- I really don't disagree with your point - psgary 12:05:47 04/13/07 (1)
- Well, sounds almost like Zhdanov. - sser2 14:37:46 04/13/07 (0)
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