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YES 193 93.69%
NO 13 6.31%
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Old 09-19-2016, 08:27 PM   #211 (permalink)
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Answer these series of questions that are in the OP not the thread title. Every new person comes in and says "how is it not?"

Without realizing the context in which she posed the question.

In comparison with today's music (pop, rock, metal, electronica, etc). Does classical music still have a place amongst today's audience, or has it been relegated to more specific listeners (i.e. music students, people learning instruments, elderly people)?

WHY or WHY NOT?
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Yes because it still gets recognition as a genre and is well known.

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Yes because it still gets recognition as a genre and is well known.

**** outta here DJ, you've lost this one.
One time my friend tried to claim that since "the only people who listen to classical are those who play it", it is no longer relevant or even exists anymore. Much the same, he went on to say, as "caveman music".
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Yes because it still gets recognition as a genre and is well known.

**** outta here DJ, you've lost this one.
It doesn't get recognition in comparison to top 40.

Work on your damn reading comprehension.
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Um, work on yours? I don't see anything about top 40 in here.

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In comparison with today's music (pop, rock, metal, electronica, etc). Does classical music still have a place amongst today's audience, or has it been relegated to more specific listeners (i.e. music students, people learning instruments, elderly people)?

WHY or WHY NOT?

I know there are not a whole lot of people on MB who are active listeners of classical music, at least not to the extent that I am. But I know you all have opinions on everything else music related, so I'd like to hear your answer to my question.

EDIT: I have included a poll to get a more specific consensus, but I really encourage you to discuss why you voted YES or NO in this thread and why.
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Um, work on yours? I don't see anything about top 40 in here.



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What do you think today's music means? Top 40, the popular stuff, by today's standards. Mainstream radio.
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What do you think today's music means? Top 40, the popular stuff, by today's standards. Mainstream radio.
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I guess that's the discussion she wanted to have.
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Old 09-30-2016, 11:16 AM   #219 (permalink)
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Hear Hear!
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Old 10-02-2016, 02:25 PM   #220 (permalink)
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What do you think today's music means? Top 40, the popular stuff, by today's standards. Mainstream radio.
I think you're limiting yourself quite a bit here.


"What do you think today's music means?"

It means music that touches upon the innovations and themes significant to the people alive today. You could say Top 40 definitely fits here, yet most of it doesn't age well and ends up being forgotten later on.

Personally, the music of today will push the music of tomorrow. It's a link in the progression of art.


As for classical music, it is, clearly, still relevant. It continues to move people emotionally and make them think — whether it's Bach or Kodaly.

I'm sorry if this is lazy, but watch this if you're still doubtful. This man explains this in both a hilarious and elegant way.




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the original question is stupid because classical was never relevant in the way pop music is

the working class never went to see Mozart
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