Re: [microsound] Classical music is booming, contrary to the pessimism of most inthe business

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I love classical music.  Always have.  It was the first music that I
sought out on my own.  The first time I heard a modern composition I was
very disapointed.  I wasn't honest with myself for awhile, probably a fear
of being unsophisticated but now I can honestly say that most modern
classical is boring, trite and lazy.  Nice to see that's changing.

the.kurtz.quartet wrote:
>
> http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1815152
>
> What would really change things would be more listenable modern music.
> That
> may be happening, thanks to composers like John Taverner or Thomas Adès.
> Jeremy Summerly, a musicologist, says that the ³new complexity² of the
> 1960s
> has given way to ³new simplicity². Few went to premières when he was a
> student, he notes. Now, by contrast, ³even normal people go².
>
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