BarkellWH -> RE: Javier Conde ripping up Entres (Aug. 24 2015 0:44:52)
|
quote:
Bill, there is more to it than that, though. I am no snob, but I do not want to hear the warhorses either. Maybe one or two. Classical music, like any art, needs new compositions of merit to be heard and established, or else it's nothing more than a living museum, musty and sadly nostalgic. That is why, yes, many object to the compulsive programming of Mozart. As someone said, "It may have been better had Mozart not lived"--because, despite how beautiful his music is, its very renown serves to suppress new creative works. There probably won't even be anymore concerts after this generation. Miguel, I would push back on the idea that the classics (Mozart et. al.) represent a "living museum" and that they are "musty and sadly nostalgic." What I consider "sadly nostalgic" are pop and rock music that remind people of their high school days, or their prom date, for example. That is both musty, sad, and a little bit maudlin, as if their high school days were the high point of their life. Mozart and the greats of classical music, as well as composers for the guitar such as Isaac Albeniz and Francisco Tarrega, remain appreciated and played today for the same reason great art and great literature remain appreciated. There are works of music, art, and literature that have withstood the test of time--yes, they are timeless. They speak to us in a way that goes beyond our temporal existence. And I repeat what I wrote in my comment above, there is no reason why such classics cannot be played along with contemporary compositions, just as there is no reason why one cannot appreciate reading the works of Tolstoy and Hemingway while equally enjoying the contemporary works of, say, Joyce Carol Oates and Thomas Pynchon. Regarding the view that Mozart's (admittedly beautiful) music's "very renown serves to suppress new creative works," it is not its "renown" that is at work here. Rather, it is its high caliber and beauty that is in play. Yet, I fail to see why that should prevent and suppress new creative works. In fact, does it really prevent and suppress new, creative works? Are there not new compositions and works being produced today? Just as there is contemporary literature that is being published that is read along side the classics? And contemporary art work that is being produced and appreciated along side the classic works of art? Is music so much different from literature and art that creativity is stifled by the classics? Bill
|
|
|
|