Is classical music still relevant today?

craven drover · 07-24-2014, 05:28 PM

Yep, classical was a cultivated art form, but the basis for so much modern music because it so rigorously and thoroughly explored musical possibilities. It was like the transition from alchemy to true chemistry.

As for getting bored with it, yeah, maybe not enough variety of exposure? I personally can listen to more Romantic era stuff than Baroque any day, much as I love Bach. I need the emotional dynamics. Of course, some of this was due to advances in musical instrument technology, but then, that was driven by the demands of composers like Beethoven!!

And don't forget, Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 has been incorporated into far more cartoons than any other piece of music ever! Especially Warner Bros.' Rhapsody Rabbit and that Tom and Jerry knockoff.

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07-24-2014, 05:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
craven drover Groupie Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 1	I agree with Duga and Driveyourcardowntothesea Yep, classical was a cultivated art form, but the basis for so much modern music because it so rigorously and thoroughly explored musical possibilities. It was like the transition from alchemy to true chemistry. As for getting bored with it, yeah, maybe not enough variety of exposure? I personally can listen to more Romantic era stuff than Baroque any day, much as I love Bach. I need the emotional dynamics. Of course, some of this was due to advances in musical instrument technology, but then, that was driven by the demands of composers like Beethoven!! And don't forget, Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 has been incorporated into far more cartoons than any other piece of music ever! Especially Warner Bros.' Rhapsody Rabbit and that Tom and Jerry knockoff.