Not trying to be arrogant here, but who listens to this?

[Titurel]

I found this interactive timeline of classical music interesting. Worthwhile taking a look, especially for people new to classical music and struggling to put composers into historical context.

https://time.graphics/line/487

The timeline stops after John Williams. Would it be fair to say he killed classical music?

Not really fair or accurate. Academia killed "classical" music. (Long discussion possible) Williams and his compatriots (e.g., Korngold, Steiner, Yared, et al.) are guilty of nothing worse than keeping classical music on life support during the 20th and 21st centuries, preserving the possibility of a public whose ears are capable of parsing something more profound than I IV V IV I. (Louie Louie)

 

[DanielT]

It's more when it becomes too generic, too much according to template 1A that it becomes unlistenable. AI can create such music nowadays but here is a human, Andy Edwards, who jokes about exactly that regarding Americana and English Folk Music:

The song about the swan, the badger and the fox was in itself quite funny, I must say.

 

[Multicore]

It's more when it becomes too generic, too much according to template 1A that it becomes unlistenable. AI can create such music nowadays but here is a human, Andy Edwards, who jokes about exactly that regarding Americana and English Folk Music:

The song about the swan, the badger and the fox was in itself quite funny, I must say.

That's a fun video but I've lost context. Which "it" were we talking about (your 4th word)?

I'm new to Andy Edwards' videos. I didn't notice any edits in it. That's strong work.

 

[DanielT]

That's a fun video but I've lost context. Which "it" were we talking about (your 4th word)?

I'm new to Andy Edwards' videos. I didn't notice any edits in it. That's strong work.

He doesn't edit his videos from what I've seen. If you like prog and fusion, you will get many good tips from his videos. He also has some interesting stories about Robert Plant.

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[Shorty]

I feel like a glass shrimp in a pink panty
With a saccharine chaperone

The cowboy wore a nightie

 

[LTig]

My father, who founded the Boston Classical Orchestra etc, hated modern classical. Why is classical music all but dead? Garbage like that. But, such things can be said about modern jazz, rap, country, etc. I can't believe what some listen to as music. Even among those modern genres, I occasionally hear something I like. Can't say I have heard any modern classical I liked, but have not looked much either.

Just came back from our local symphony orchestra, they played these two pieces:

Bohdana Frolyak: Let there be Light (2023)

Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto (2021)

Frolyak is really good, but Dessner is an outstanding grand piece and a real tour de force for both soloist and orchestra. Absolutely love it.