Sunday, May 28, 2006
GOOD NEWS
Check the Numbers: Rumors of Classical Music's Demise Are Dead Wrong
Those of us who worry about the loss of what is so stupidly called 'classical' music should be heartened:
Why should it not be called classical music? Well, because right there you have the source of the demise, if any. I shudder at the thought of 'classical' anything. Classic Coke.
The best music is live music; music that lives and breathes. I don't mind pop being called pop and jazz being called jazz but music, real music, is complicated and multi-layered and requires, or even challenges, the virtuoso performer.
By that definition some pop and jazz would be redefined as classical but most would not.
This is a mere quibble however.
We know where the good music is. It is on the stages and the internet. And it is growing in this idiotic world of sludgy, ear numbing, faux music we think most people are listening to through those silly iPods. Most are listening to Bach.
