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Piwin -> RE: Petrucci online music library- IMSLP (Jan. 10 2017 15:55:22)
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and I've seen this militant purism in every single one
And it goes far beyond the realm of music or even art. I'd argue that you find that same type of "purism" in almost every walk of life. It says more about the beholder than about the art itself. The irony of it is that in most cases, the pure form that they cling to so much is itself a contemporary evolution of the traditional form they think they're defending. As far as flamenco is concerned, I see a distinct difference between those who prefer "older" flamenco sheerly for aesthetic reasons, and those who prefer that kind of flamenco only because it happens to be older. For the latter, it becomes rather disquieting when the "pure" art, folklore, lifestyle or whatever they're defending is in fact foreign to them. I've met people praising local Vietnamese farmers for their traditional form of agriculture when most of them just want enough money to buy a plower, I've met people praising the troglodyte gypsy habitat in Guadix or Sacromonte, when, at least for the latter, it seems that most of them preferred to stay elsewhere, in more modern housing, when they were relocated from that neighborhood after it was severely flooded, and I've heard people defend that particular folklore which is flamenco while quite a few younger gypsies who just want to mix it up with rap or other "modern" forms of music. Of course, all of these things can in fact be defended, but many do so for all the wrong reasons. It's paticularly bothersome when applied to a popular artform, as it seems to be nothing more than an attempt to introduce elitism in what was never meant to be elitist.
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