tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post1192188199030942137..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Looking at (or Ranting about) the Relative Popularity of Classical MusicElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-21673002807281915202010-02-18T12:38:20.975-06:002010-02-18T12:38:20.975-06:00Arguments about the relative merits of classical m...Arguments about the relative merits of classical music and popular music have been going on for a couple of centuries (cf <i> Music and the middle class</i> / William Weber). I can't say I have kept up with all of that literature, or even all of the most recent additions to it, but I am glad you posted this. You have some fresh thoughts I don't remember seeing before.David Guionhttp://music.allpurposeguru.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-82579544375871911092010-02-11T21:46:17.673-06:002010-02-11T21:46:17.673-06:00Of course, classical music is not going to die. Th...Of course, classical music is not going to die. The 20th century building of recording companies is no measure of the far longer history of music. The symphony has been around longer than Sony, and the etude longer than EMI. To listen to the caterwaul of the numbers crunchers is to enjoy a nice trip to Depression-ville. Personally I enjoy being a part of an elite club of thinking, performing individuals, and I give no worry to whether someone who does not like classical music will ever learn to like it. My circle does, and that circle refreshes itself with new members as time goes by. Elite? Snob? Fine words for which I refuse to apologize to a world of un-classical folks who want to be offended by beautiful things. A Mendelssohn prelude and fugue gained applause in church when played recently. I'd say classical music is resilient, mostly free or relatively inexpensive to produce and only the big, top-heavy groups complain about the big bucks stuff. They trip to Depresssion-ville far too often for my thoughts on the subject, because the management of such business enterprises want one thing -- more money. That's not an issue for me, awash in wonderful music from centuries of interesting human beings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com