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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: (A long) Bravo! posted by psgary on May 22, 2002 at 19:12:48:
The fact that America hasn't produced a classical composer of the "rank" you point to is, IMO, a SYMPTOM and not an ILLNESS. No nation, American or otherwise, has been able to crack the ranks of the Top 10 Composers. Brian Cheney's recent point is well taken here. Contemporary composers/works written within the last 50 years -- like them or not -- can't gain a foothold in the standard repertoire. But, IMO, it's the responsibility of the CONDUCTORS of large symphony orchestras to champion new works. Very few, if any, are doing so anymore. Sure, we can blame it on the works but, really, not even ONE work can enter the standard repertoire? That simply cannot be the fault of "modern composers" en masse (American or otherwise). It's got to be the conductors and the audiences...and I believe it is. The great works are out there (Part, Penderecki, Simpson, Holmboe, Tuur, Norgard etc.) but -- surprise -- they are works by "Picasso" or "Mondrian", not "Renoir" or "Rembrandt" -- and there, the beauty rests in the eye of the beholder. The composers have moved forward (not all, but some). The audiences, however, remain static -- or worse.
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Follow Ups
- An American Bach... - SE 06:18:03 05/23/02 (3)
- Re: An Oz comment on American composers... - Timbo in Oz 22:05:05 05/25/02 (0)
- Bingo. (NT) - applejack 14:15:53 05/23/02 (0)
- Woo hoo! You go, SE!! (nt) - D Harvey 11:02:31 05/23/02 (0)
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