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All the best classical composers lived hundreds of years in the past. Today the perception about people who listen to classical music is that they are somehow smarter and that they have a more refined taste than others, I do not think this is true. In my opinion today classical music is mostly for the rich, there are lots of people who go to classical concerts just to be seen there so they appear to be smart and educated. There is very little fun evolved in classical music, most of it is too serious. What are your thoughts?
Classical music isn’t dead, it’s used in tv commercials and some older cartoons like Bugs-Bunny
pretty much since all the classical composers are dead.
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i dont like it at all
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Classical music isn’t dead, it’s used in tv commercials and some older cartoons like Bugs-Bunny
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Yes, its like crappy victorian age.
Now and forever will be, Michael jackson.
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always an MJ fan.
I don’t think it is dead, classical music has shaped most music genres of today.
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there are many classical composers composing today. You just don’t know about them. Most people who go to classical concerts do so because they enjoy it, not to appear smart. Maybe you just don’t like classical music, so you don’t have to listen. But you clearly don’t know enough to be a good judge of the form nor the fans.
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I have three words for you… Trans Siberian Orchestra!
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i think its lame. theres better stuff out there now!! theres even some stuff that sounds kinda classical. like, Miserable at Best by Mayday Parade?
it may not be mozart, but its still pretty great.
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My GF and I go to the Symphony every Friday night…we just happen to like classical music…
and no..it isn’t dead ..there is new music composed all the time….they just don’t play it on top 40 radio…
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No it’s just been reformed, loads of new ‘indie’ bands have copied beats try and look up
Nas – I can
It’s an appropriation of ludwig van beethoven’s fur elise.
OR:
The streets – same old thing
it’s Bartok’s concerto for Orchestra.
Just think of it that way. – the whole rich (classical) Poor (rap) ideal is just a clique and should not be followed, it all depends on people.
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Never. I prefer listening to classical music instead of all the mindless garbage that comes out of the music industry nowadays. I’ve never experienced any other form of music that has such a profound beauty, and elegance. It is the basis of all music and harmonics today. Many educated, intelligent people listen to it because it sharpens your mind and is extremely relaxing.
Many people today have no idea what real music is. They listen to all of this pop, rap, and heavy metal garbage. I would rather see that be dead.
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No. i love it so much. there are many many who buy soundtracks of popular movies, shows, or video games. because OSTs just have the best intrumental music
a lot of people love their singsongs, so i don’t believe classical music has ever been That popular in young folk, but look at all the people learning piano and other instruments.
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im 14. don’t think i’m some grandma -.-
also having NO musical talent whatsoever. i just have the appreciation and respect of all music- EVEN the "pop, rap, and heavy metal garbage" that the guy above me has said -.-. don’t think that i’m some snot nosed musical genius who’s been taking piano lessons since i was 4.
its about what you enjoy i personally really like classical music and im not rich or particualarly smart its just another type of music though
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Beethoven wasn’t rich. He was notorious for wearing the same clothes everyday and most importantly, he was passionate about Music. You don’t get that anymore with new age Rap, Pop and Hip Hop! Trust me.
I’m smart because I choose to be smart. However, I’m not rich yet I love Classical Music. It’s where I feel free! People who are rich and show off about it, yes they’re snobs; however don’t ever stereotype Classical Music like that again. It is responsible for the formation of Music today! Infact you’ll find way more snobby rich people hanging around in the Pop, Rap and Hip Hop industry. Hasn’t anybody figured that out?
To the person who linked Classical Music with ‘crappy victorian age’ obviously has no knowledge in regards to Classical Music. Sorry MJ fans but MJ was nothing compared to the likes of Beethoven, Haydn, Liszt and Chopin to name a few.
How the hell is Classical Music mostly ’serious’? I could name a wide selection of ‘un-serious’ Classical Music! Most notably the Romantic era, here is a piece to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kKoHqdImYE
Think before you judge, please!
By the way, be thankful for every composer who has wrote Music. Aside from composing, thank Liszt (Even though he was a brilliant composer, Piano virtuoso and transcriptor). For without his inspiration, we would all be performing in solitude. There wouldn’t be large scale concerts; he came to the concept. A bit of history for you there!
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Great video linked by Joseph C:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LCwI5iErE
Funny and a great guy!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Music
I wish I could be really creative and give you all the reasons why not, but, please, just watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LCwI5iErE
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Personal experience.
So – you joined this week just to be snotty and unpleasant? And you chose a screen name that indicates your FURTHER bad attitude? What are you – maybe 15? 17? You cannot be an adult – you would have enough life experience and sense to realize that what you say is untrue.
I am a professional classical musician, and there are FOUR of us in this family who are – me, husband, son, daughter-in-law. We perform often, and also attend classical concerts often. They are JAMMED – many are sold out in large venues. People drive great distances to hear what they love. They purchase many recordings, and often have concert series subscriptions. They are NOT all wealthy – they just have a passion. You idea of FUN probably includes things that are illegal, wasteful, childish, marginal, and pointless. Betcha you play video games every day. Betcha you listen for hours to music that has perhaps FOUR chords in the harmony, NEVER changes in rhythm or tempo, and always has almost identical instrumentation to what you listened to yesterday. Since by your OWN screen name, you life is BORING – you assume that ours is too? We can see and hear things in our vast musical experiences, that you cannot even imagine – so you ASSUME that it is boring – since you have no clue – at all.
In some things, you are right – speaking for myself as a representative of classical music lovers, We *ARE* smarter, of more refined taste, attend classical concerts because we want to to HEAR the concert, not be seen there (except when of course I am the performer – I want to share my art with others) and I find this VERY interesting to do. What is YOUR idea of fun? Does it usually involve beer (unless you are a minor, as I assume), pizza, and a Vin Diesel movie? That’s IT???? Well, that which we find emotionally rewarding is not always FUN in the *happy/ha ha* sense – it exists on a much deeper level. Do you have ANYTHING going on in your life on a deep emotional level ( no World of Warcraft does NOT count . . .) – anything personal, devotional, passionate, spiritual, artistic, or altruistic? Or are you pretty much sulking, and HATING those things that are beyond you – anything political, religious, artistic, spiritual, etc.?
Do not criticize those things that you do not understand. If I hit even ONE guess about you as a person, then you will see that I have more insight into YOUR mindset, than you have into mine – or ours in the Classical forum. Classical music is HARDLY dead – we are doing our own thing, and clearly, you are doing yours. So?
Added – in a previous desultory question of YOURS about *what is the point of being a classical musician?", one responder – clearly just as big a jerk as yourself – got THIRTEEN Thumbs Down, and ZERO Thumbs Up – and you gave HIM the Best Answer. I rest my case – there are TWO of you here. Now – according to another question of yours – are you BOTH thirty-years old virgins with social anxiety, too? Living in Mom’s basement still? That might help us understand you . . .
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This kind of statement comes up at least once a week. Yeesh . . .
No, there are many new composers who just don’t get the limelight. Take Ludovico Einaudi for example. He is an amazing pianist and composer but you have not heard of him. I am not rich and I AM educated and according to the government, smart. I’m also 14 and a HUGE classical lover.
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The whole "for the rich" idea is kinda ludicrous. Just because someone can’t make it to live performances doesn’t make them more cultured than others. And to suggest that the rich go there to "appear to be smart and educated" is pretty dumb as well. Why sit through hours and hours of Wagner if you don’t like it? That’s preposterous. Smart and educated can afford to donate money to the arts, they don’t have to sit and listen to it too.
I hate classical music and I’m well to-do and smart. What does that make me? Somebody with an opinion, that’s what.
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Stupid words, classical music works has been lasting since more than 300 years ago, and shall last forever unlike all other music types, and this is not except for its huge and incomparable effect for people, of course not including stupid, narrow-minded and ignorant people seeing it just as a mirror of richness or education.
Most of the music dies and become forgotten, except the classical.
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Alive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHVMVDhC-UA
I’ve paid less for a seat for a concert by one of the best symphonies in the world than you or your friends have paid to hear the Jonas Brothers / Wilco / name your group….
Your question isn’t a question if you publish an anwer with it in the same posting.
I’m not interested in your closed mind or your bad attitude: I will be interested if you have a genuine question and an open mind.
As it is, you’re living up to your Y/A name to a prize-winning degree.
p.b.
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1st: The opening line of your argument is such complete codswallop that I wonder just how many classical composers you have even heard of?
Clearly none of these:
Benjamin Britten – died 1976
Sergei Prokofiev – died 1953
Richard Strauss – 1949
Igor Stravinsky – 1971
Dimitri Shostakovich – 1975
Ralp Vaughan-Williams – 1958
Arnold Schoenberg – 1951
To name but 7 acknowledged great composers.
Hundreds of years ago?
I think not.
Therefore your opinion is based on a misconception and is worthless to me.
If you think there is "very little fun involved in classical music" well that’s unfortunate because you are very much mistaken.
Regards
Mephisto
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No, i like to listen to the movie scores, and their similar to classics.
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Nope, there is a lot of new "classical" music out that nobody even knows about. But even many serious classical musicians find that stuff boring or unpleasant to listen to.
I first discovered it because my singing voice needed some training, but it just didn’t sound good singing anything but classical music. I’m not rich in the least; in fact, trying to further this vocal training by studying it at the college level is draining all the money my family has, and then some.
If you think it’s all too serious, why not try listening to some of the angrier pieces? Better yet, why not learn to play piano so you can play some? I find angry classical music to be a great release of emotions. And hey, it sounds better than screaming at the top of your lungs and smashing your guitar :-p
Edit: If you find that there is no creativity in being a classical musician, you have obviously never met a classical composer. Hi. Nice to meet you
And if you still think there is no creativity in it because it’s an "old" style, listen to the mainstream music. One person starts a trend, hundreds follow it, it dies quickly. "Classical" music was at the forefront for a very long time, and even now, it endures with a following that is never matched by a trendy singer or band after their career "dies". So what if it’s based on an old style?
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i love listening to classical music i’m finding i prefer it more to music of today i don’t think its dead because if you listen closely most music is inspired or has some classical theme to it. i think classical concerts would be cool if people could afford them would love to go. and for the composers there’s always the great Dario Marianelli who does music for movies like Pride and Prejudice and Atonement.
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Surely they go to listen to their favourite classical music in full orchestra,just as I saw The Rolling Stones at Wembley Stadium.I hear a lot of modern music but don’t like all of it,and the same goes for classical.At home and in my car the radio is tuned to classical by preference.One thing about classical is that you don’t hear the same thing twenty times a week on the radio.
Since 1969 I’ve seen about 25 modern (mostly Rock) concerts but no classical ones,although there’s been a few I’d like to have seen,like Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (the whole concert) played by the Amsterdam Guitar Trio
Here’s some of the best composers from less than 100 years ago:
Leos Janacek 1854-1928
Edward Elgar 1857-1934
Gustav Mahler 1860-1911
Claude Debussy 1862-1918
Richard Strauss 1864-1949
Carl Nielsen 1865-1931
Jean Sibelius 1865-1957
Erik Satie 1866-1925
Vaughn Williams 1872-1958
Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943
Charles Ives 1874-1954
Gustav Holst 1874-1934
Arnold Schoenberg 1874-1951
Maurice Ravel 1875-1937
Bela Bartok 1881-1945
Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971
Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887-1959
Sergei Prokovief 1891-1953
Carl Orff 1895-1981
George Gershwin 1898-1937
Joaquin Rodrigo 1901-1999: Concierto de Aranjuez- written for classical guitar………..brilliant
…….and that’s only some
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_20th_century_classical_composers
No classical music isn’t dead
… but the composers are.
(I enjoy playing and listening to classical music. I rarely go to professional level concerts because of the cost and, quite frankly, I don’t care if I’m seen there or not.)
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Here are my thoughts…
you have absolutely no idea what classical music is. (If you take a look at the people that listen to classical music, you will probably find that they are smarter and more refined – however, the state of their bank balance is irrelevant). I have no money, yet I love classical music. Who are these people who go to classical concerts to appear smart and educated? I bet you don’t even know any.
All in all, in the short time you’ve been on YA Classical, you come across as an ignorant, immature moron… I hope you can do a little better. Writing questions just to be provocative, is nothing new to regular contributors. Many have come before you – most are just trolls. If you can’t make a positive contribution, sod off back to the rap category (or whatever tripe it is you listen to) – the classical contributors do not value your shortsighted opinion.
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*snorts*
I go to concerts because I enjoy the music. I don’t need to "appear" to be smart and educated; people figure that one out after five minutes of conversing with me.
Don’t people go to pop concerts so that their friends will think they’re cool…?
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