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RE: It is unfortunate, but classical music continues to take it on the chin for past sins of

Posted by Todd Krieger on October 7, 2020 at 22:29:35:
"why were you talking to a 15 year old boy about Beethoven?"
Why not?? .......
I think music is a big deal in regard to opening up interest in young people..... I believe if it weren't for music, I wouldn't be alive today.......
It's also a peek into the education and cultural environments these people have been subjected to...... It's often depressing........
The discussion was music, he liked rap, he didn't know who Louis Armstrong was...... I was trying to give him ideas to expand his musical interests....... Although I quickly realized he was totally uninterested...... (I don't cling to a topic if the person I'm discussing it with moves on to something else.)
Most younger people (aged 30 and below), if the discussion is music, I mention Beethoven, I've rarely encountered someone in that age bracket who knew this composer beyond the Fifth Symphony...... I've even encountered people in that age bracket who have never heard of him. I also encountered someone who thought he was a literary writer.... Most of them were conditioned to believe that classical music was "old people music" or "rich people music". (I never editorialize what they tell me, there is no "wrong answer" from them. It's purely curiosity on my part.)
I've also encountered young people who claimed the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and/or Led Zeppelin was/were "racist"......