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

[Michael Arnold Mages <marnoldm@xxxxxx>]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 macrosound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I knew that one was gonna raise some eyebrows.  To be more specific,
> everything after stravinsky with a few exceptions: cage, reich, xenakis,
> et al.

Well, everything before Stravinsky has been strained by the filter of
history to eliminate the 'boring' composers.  Don't you think
that there has been a vast majority of boring composers throughout
history, punctuated with rare flashes of brilliance?  The only reason that
Salieri is part of the public discourse today is becouse he was rewritten
to be the murderer of Mozart in the movie "Amadeus".  What about the other
15-20 court composers who gigged for the Viennise royalty? As VH-1 would
say "Where Are They Now?".

-Michael

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