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Originally Posted by Frownland
Nah, virtuoso worship is relatively new and folk music (as in amateur music, not the genre) is as old as music itself.
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the comment about amateur music is definitely true, but are you sure about virtuoso worship? Like, how new is new and what qualifies as worship? I'm reading a book about medieval Japan and they seem to find virtuoso musicians pretty important. And there's the Greek myth about Orpheus of course