At 1/27/2006 12:39 PM, Lee Actor wrote:
>> At 1/27/2006 11:40 AM, dhbailey wrote:
>>
>> >It's time we start celebrating the LIVING composers, those who are
>> >chronicling OUR TIMES in their music, reflecting OUR LIVES in their art.
>>
>> The trouble with LIVING composers is that they don't write music that the
>> "average" concert goer wants to hear.
>>
>> You may not think that is a problem, but, in reality, the
>> "average" concert
>> goer likes to hear music they are familiar with.
>>
>Chicken, meet egg. Egg, chicken.
>
>How did this supposed average concert goer ever become familiar with any
>music, if they only listen to music they're already familiar with?
Excellent point. I believe the original listening happens in the home.
So, people hear the music that their parent's listen to.
This puts modern composers off by 1 generation, just to start. But, if the
children don't branch out, this becomes a multi-generational experience.
When I was a young child, I absolutely wore out the 78RPM record my parents
had of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto.
My record collection consists primarily of Classical music written before
1900. Another big section is of 1940-50's big band.
The only new composers I have are Hindemith and Ives. Oh, they wrote in
the old style, right?
In my Music Composition class (taught by Charles Whittenburg, some of you
may recognize the name), my final composition was a very nice instrumental
(we had to compose for the instruments that the class members played) fugue
in the style of Bach, my favorite composer.
My favorite recent CD purchase is "Christmas Carols as written by Mozart".
Mostly I buy CDs like "Canadian Brass" and other groups that play old music.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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