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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Re: "New" Conductors: New Interpretations or New MUSIC?... posted by sjb on April 10, 2007 at 21:18:34:
adapting, embracing, encouraging, influencing. "Giving up on principle" relegates oneself to a "static acceptance" of what has come before. Are you suggesting that we "abandon all progress" as a basic principle? Of course not (I assume). It is more likely that you and psgary are struggling to find the good stuff -- understandable, and part of the point I am making. These kinds of works are hard to find...few and far between. There's no opportunity to sample them (easily), and no one seems to care enough to provide an easy method to "sample them".The alternative view ("there's nothing worth sampling") is you-might-as-well-get-ready-to-die depressing. Then again, there ARE antique collectors out there who want "nothing but the old stuff" and re-calibrate their expectations accordingly. That's fine. It's just not me. Also, my experience has taught me that antiquarians who have a knee-jerk reaction to new things can often find they are IMPRESSED by new things...when it is presented optimally. So, even a fan of 78's can be impressed by a particular CD or SACD, and even a fan of Baroque may find interesting contrast or overlap with a Carter or Boulez. Sometimes it takes work, other times it happens naturally.
The key is to keep an open mind. It is this encouraging of "an open mind" that underlies the progress of art in general. That, to me, is the major point of this entire thread.
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Follow Ups
- Not sure what to say. Art cannot grow without it's audience... - SE 03:39:59 04/11/07 (2)
- I really don't disagree with your point - psgary 12:05:47 04/13/07 (1)
- Well, sounds almost like Zhdanov. - sser2 14:37:46 04/13/07 (0)
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