schubert- you are 80+ years old stupid! I would rather die than give up music, even for one day. Music has filled my life since I was 3, Last week I performed for 350 people at the AJU university and tonight I was the videographer of a performance many talented performers including Tovah Feldshuh, Hila Plitman, Emily Bear, Zinovy Goro and Mark Kashper together with the 25th anniversary of the 50 member Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (with many dignitaries present) under conductor Dr. Noreen Green. When your life revolves around music, you don't take a "vacation" from it. Its in my lifeblood. Its part of my culture and religion, music is always present at times of joy and grieving, happy and sad music. But always music.
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schubert
I never heard a note of classical till I was over 30 ... I am sure, very sure, that if that had that had not happened I would never , with my 8th degree education , got degrees from top US and German universities , married a beautiful educated women , and thanks to Bach, become a Christian ... I was always smart but Classical music gave me something I never had ,What's interesting about this sort of elitism is that there are similar adherents for just about every genre of music. The notion that a certain genre is more pure, more intelligent, more tasteful, more worthy, is just a consequence of cultural bias and ignorance. |
@cleeds +1. There is no music more worthy than another. What matters is that people enjoy it and connect emotionally and artistically with it. New art is always contextual - so it changes constantly in response to the prior art. Rock/folk/jazz is amazing because of the joint group creative element. Classical is often formed in the mind of a single composer. Technically classical is more complex but lacks the spontaneous creativity that occurs when a smaller group of musicians simply jam. Check out this amazing song that came from jamming https://youtu.be/52gZsM88DMY Both art forms are enriching and wonderful. |
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