tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post1112126090949458163..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Tea, Coffee, and Music in EnglandElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-33477161281353373692012-07-12T15:07:55.359-05:002012-07-12T15:07:55.359-05:00I think we should attribute *all* post-1652 beauti...I think we should attribute *all* post-1652 beautiful music to TEA. :-)Tea in Englandhttp://www.teainengland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-16403834125865102412012-06-21T09:00:27.894-05:002012-06-21T09:00:27.894-05:00I think that great music, like great love, great l...I think that great music, like great love, great literature, and great friendship, is timeless. Much of the 21st-century music that has achieved high visibility and acclaim has achieved it through extra-musical means (marketing and media), and much of the 20th century "avant-garde" music (which is now dated and is very much a child of its time) achieved its high acclaim by being, in some way, ground-breaking.<br /><br />Dowland, Holborne, and Purcell weren't trying to break any ground. They were writing music for people so that they could entertain themselves and their friends by singing and playing together. There are still people who write music with that purpose in mind, but they are more difficult to find, and they don't form enough of a "market" to be considered viable in today's musical "economy."Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-85162143068556445802012-06-21T02:32:07.945-05:002012-06-21T02:32:07.945-05:00Music which is "tantalizing" and "i...Music which is "tantalizing" and "intoxicating...." Oh yes, and this is my problem with some much avant garde music in the classical vein today. It is overly non-tantalizing and under-intoxicating. Thanks for the Purcell, Holborne, Deller and all. Do they not remain so very contemporary in their own vibrant ways?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com