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In Reply to: Re: Recommend 5 top classical recordings posted by David Aiken on March 31, 2007 at 23:51:02:
It appears that is TRULY happening. Education is gone, radio play is gone, public funding is gone, audiences are gone. All concerts, all seats are $25 for all who wish to purchase them in Baltimore next year. You and I search out and purchase NEW Classical music, but the traditional "core" fans do not, and certainly potential new fans would not begin with the newest works. I think it's a done deal. When the oldsters pass on there will be no base for the music. Perhaps sometime in the distant future there will be a renewal, but by then the format of the genre will most likely have changed to shorter works, perhaps no longer even "linked to the tradition" that goes back through Beethoven and Bach etc. Neo-Classical. If there is a break in an evolutionary chain of style and influence, will a revival of "outwardly similar music" constitute a continuation of a tradition? Dunno.
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To put it quite simply, I am concerned that those people who love Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc and who don't listen to contemporary music, people who seem to make up a majority of classical music lovers, are simply loving that music to death. It would be a shame to lose it, but I think the cost of keeping it alive is listening to it a little less and listening to contemporary music a lot more.And let's make no mistake about it. If every classical music lover listened to 1 hour less of the traditional reportoire a week and used that hour for listening to contemporary music instead, we would have a situation of listening a little less to the traditional reportoire and a lot more to contemporary music. Not only would it do wonders for classical music as a whole, it would give many listeners a whole new appreciation of the music they already love.
David Aiken
rather than a "contracting universe" in which one narrow's one's taste as time goes by. Encouraging an appetite for the new...
When I revisit Beethoven. I always think, 'you know this really is great stuff! Why don't I listen to it more often instead of chasing more modern compositions?' I guess the answer is curiosity, can't think of another. :-)
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