In Reply to: How important, really, is Classical music? posted by SE on June 9, 2007 at 05:02:36:
Somehow, I perceive that in asking the question, you have already answered it.
Bob
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - How important, really, is Classical music? - SE 05:02:36 06/09/07 (96)
- "..simple sounds squirting out of musical instruments.." - JayM 03:26:58 06/14/07 (1)
- That's your contribution to this thread? Brilliant!!!! n/t - SE 04:36:28 06/14/07 (0)
- "nothing truly deep" - castironandtubes 12:59:30 06/12/07 (11)
- Spoken like someone who considers Classical music to be SO "truly deep"... - SE 14:05:38 06/12/07 (10)
- RE: Spoken like someone who considers Classical music to be SO "truly deep"... - castironandtubes 06:20:33 06/13/07 (9)
- The Wonders of Technology..... - Todd Krieger 02:58:24 06/15/07 (0)
- Two comments... - SE 07:48:34 06/13/07 (7)
- "simple sounds squirting out of musical instruments" - castironandtubes 14:46:57 06/13/07 (6)
- Seriously...what is the matter with you? - SE 15:44:16 06/13/07 (5)
- Awww... - castironandtubes 19:54:38 06/13/07 (4)
- Fine, OK, be that way... - SE 04:35:02 06/14/07 (3)
- Thanks for the mud - castironandtubes 15:23:11 06/14/07 (2)
- P.S. You have a serious persecution complex. For heaven's sake... - SE 05:30:19 06/15/07 (0)
- Exactly the useless comments I expected. n/t - SE 04:32:56 06/15/07 (0)
- how concerned? - dean man jim 17:40:20 06/11/07 (3)
- RE: how concerned? - Todd Krieger 02:19:18 06/15/07 (0)
- There, there; some of us enjoy a little contemporary - Feanor 12:23:10 06/12/07 (0)
- Amen, my brother - psgary 19:24:40 06/11/07 (0)
- A Foundation To Understanding - Like Mathematics! - JimOfOakCreek 07:03:19 06/11/07 (8)
- Just out of curiousity, why did you give it up? - Tadlo 07:17:45 06/11/07 (7)
- I Hate to Say This....... - Todd Krieger 00:12:33 06/12/07 (0)
- RE: Just out of curiousity, why did you give it up? - JimOfOakCreek 07:53:25 06/11/07 (5)
- Try the contemporary classical composers - Feanor 09:37:04 06/11/07 (4)
- And I'll add a few more - dean man jim 11:40:03 06/11/07 (3)
- And I'll add just one more ... - Charlie F. 12:18:52 06/11/07 (2)
- Another living: Peter Lieberson... - Abel McCain 21:41:37 06/11/07 (0)
- Penderecki - dean man jim 17:16:56 06/11/07 (0)
- It's more important than landscaping [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:29:59 06/11/07 (4)
- Maybe...that's the point of this thread. "Just saying so"... - SE 04:50:53 06/11/07 (3)
- I take it back. . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:27:14 06/11/07 (2)
- That's fair! Yes... - SE 11:05:37 06/11/07 (1)
- There's an interesting section. . . - Chris from Lafayette 18:26:23 06/11/07 (0)
- " I don't place much more value in it, ultimately, than I do the landscaping around my property" - DWPC 17:23:30 06/10/07 (1)
- Exactly. But, I didn't mean it literally... - SE 04:49:15 06/11/07 (0)
- It is just one part of our declining culture... - BJordan 15:45:02 06/10/07 (2)
- Are Culture isn't declining, we're just running out of things to say. - jdaniel 08:48:06 06/11/07 (1)
- The "are" was purposeful, btw. (nt) - jdaniel 08:50:24 06/11/07 (0)
- RE: How important, really, is Classical music? - Ramesh 21:54:06 06/09/07 (4)
- If you are saying that the demise of the Classical genre... - SE 05:54:45 06/10/07 (3)
- RE: If you are saying that the demise of the Classical genre... - Todd Krieger 15:29:00 06/10/07 (1)
- I agree, and the acceleration due to the "mass media" effect... - SE 05:11:26 06/11/07 (0)
- P.S. Keep in mind, however that China, "The East", "The Orient"... - SE 06:21:57 06/10/07 (0)
- Thanks for initiating a very thought-provoking discussion. nt - BarneyT 20:58:23 06/09/07 (0)
- I think you've posed a few questions there… - David Aiken 14:28:11 06/09/07 (25)
- Thanks! There's one more point in my OP... - SE 05:49:24 06/10/07 (23)
- RE: Thanks! There's one more point in my OP... - David Aiken 14:00:55 06/10/07 (22)
- Performing CPR on the oldster is a probably good idea. - Abel McCain 16:12:15 06/10/07 (20)
- Performing CPR on the oldster IS a good idea, PROVIDED… - David Aiken 19:00:55 06/10/07 (19)
- Yes. - Abel McCain 20:41:34 06/10/07 (18)
- RE: Yes. - David Aiken 23:52:26 06/10/07 (17)
- RE: Yes and No - Abel McCain 20:32:10 06/11/07 (14)
- RE: Yes and No - David Aiken 23:32:38 06/11/07 (13)
- RE: Maybe - Abel McCain 05:26:02 06/12/07 (12)
- RE: Maybe - David Aiken 00:12:49 06/13/07 (11)
- Re: Yes, no, maybe so. (repeat) - Abel McCain 05:39:03 06/13/07 (10)
- RE: Re: Yes, no, maybe so. (repeat) - David Aiken 14:15:58 06/13/07 (1)
- RE: - Abel McCain 02:06:01 06/14/07 (0)
- And oh, I almost forgot... - Abel McCain 06:15:10 06/13/07 (7)
- RE: And oh, I almost forgot... - David Aiken 14:24:37 06/13/07 (6)
- RE: - Abel McCain 01:50:15 06/14/07 (5)
- RE: - David Aiken 17:11:02 06/14/07 (4)
- do RE mi: Equipment - Abel McCain 19:06:47 06/14/07 (3)
- RE: do RE mi: Equipment (notation) - Abel McCain 20:46:29 06/14/07 (2)
- RE: do RE mi: Equipment (notation) - David Aiken 14:43:00 06/15/07 (1)
- Accentuation noted, thanks. (nt) - Abel McCain 18:49:56 06/15/07 (0)
- I'll say this: If the funeral if what is, in the end... - SE 05:23:19 06/11/07 (1)
- Yikes! Make that "If the funeral is, in the end, that of..." n/t - SE 07:24:47 06/11/07 (0)
- "A Relic"...many would have it become so, it seems. Not me! n/t - SE 14:54:03 06/10/07 (0)
- either/or in the conservation zoo of the arts - dave c 23:40:40 06/09/07 (0)
- It's Very Important...... - Todd Krieger 12:40:55 06/09/07 (0)
- RE: How important, really, is Classical music? - Tadlo 12:33:05 06/09/07 (2)
- Yes. But the truly sad part is... - SE 13:26:34 06/09/07 (0)
- Beautifully put - psgary 12:46:00 06/09/07 (0)
- Hey bub, art is just important as nature is. - Abel McCain 10:28:10 06/09/07 (1)
- I don't disagree. A couple of other posts have extended the "Classical music"... - SE 13:18:54 06/09/07 (0)
- I wouldn't pay much attention to the justification of news media...... - Chuck Y 10:07:52 06/09/07 (1)
- RE: I wouldn't pay much attention to the justification of news media...... - Todd Krieger 12:49:39 06/09/07 (0)
- RE: How important, really, is Classical music? - Amphissa 10:06:53 06/09/07 (10)
- RE: Well put, culture is our society's canary in a coal mine (n/t) - gd 19:22:48 06/10/07 (6)
- Agreed. But, in my OP I was referring specifically to Classical music... - SE 05:01:06 06/11/07 (5)
- Why bad things happen to good Music - gd 07:22:33 06/11/07 (4)
- Two points. . . - Chris from Lafayette 19:07:58 06/11/07 (1)
- RE: Two points. . . - gd 06:27:41 06/12/07 (0)
- The Greeks... - SE 10:07:35 06/11/07 (1)
- RE: The Greeks... - gd 11:47:37 06/11/07 (0)
- A very insightful and eloquent response. Thanks. nt - BarneyT 21:05:14 06/09/07 (0)
- I agree. It is not Classical music as such, but fine arts... - SE 13:12:25 06/09/07 (0)
- Thank you for taking the time to post such a thoughtful reply. - Paul_A 12:33:07 06/09/07 (0)
- Well.... - jdaniel 09:17:54 06/09/07 (0)
- RE: How important, really, is Classical music? - sjb 07:45:14 06/09/07 (4)
- "Classical music can't literally discuss [etc.]" Quite so. But it very much IS... - clarkjohnsen 12:24:50 06/10/07 (1)
- No one in this thread was asking about "the highest form of"... - SE 14:18:43 06/10/07 (0)
- nicely said-eloquent, even - padreken 15:17:32 06/09/07 (0)
- That should be... "(and other music/art[s])" - sjb 08:38:03 06/09/07 (0)
- RE: How important, really, is Classical music? - Bob Brines 07:28:21 06/09/07 (1)
- Not true. I'm "on the cusp"... - SE 09:08:44 06/09/07 (0)
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- RE: How important, really, is Classical music? - Bob Brines 07:28:21 06/09/07 (1)
- Not true. I'm "on the cusp"... - SE 09:08:44 06/09/07 (0)