12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus

It says for the MOST that population is getting retarded.

Once Tchaikovski was asked to compose something popular and simple so the general public with basic piano skills (and certainly with no possibilities to get stereo system) would play and enjoy. So he started releasing sheet music published in the monthly magazine for the length of one year.
Anybody has an idea what's the name of this piece? If not, ask for the answer!
I believe that mentioned public realy knew how to appreciate what it takes to make music.

Rja, I'd say the same for string quartettes or quintets, but would doubt about chamber music that often needs a professional orchestration.

The fact for real is not at all in all the beauty of classical music, but in the appreciation factor.

Nowdays only small group of educated people would enjoy listening to music vs. pop fake whilist past times not to long ago it had substantially larger magnitude.

Becides classical there was jazz, sophisticated rock bands, neo-classical performers and composers, brittish envasion, progressive rock, 60's,70's,80's, some 90's and than sudden lapse... Northern Europe is still having substantially larger group of music appreciation than the rest of the world.
Will we ever have another rock band that would book venues larger than bar stage or even the bar stage will be too large for the skillfull rock band? That would be realy sad.

Hey folks, should US citizens listen or boycott arab music in the face of fighting terrorizm??
We stomped to the Middle East a number of times for a reason of building our own wealth (and probably will continue to stomp coz enough is never enough!) or another words conquerring their resources...
Does that mean that they will void listening to Gershwin, Ellington, Miller and other great composers?
Imre Kalman was hungerian jewish composer very widely listened and recognized by german nazis!
Composers and performing artists are just as human as we are and they do not dictate politics, although they could be forced to write/perform some 'patriotic' music (or acts) by dictatorship government...

Art should be independed of nationality or religion anyways and should only be dictated by public...
So let's welcome our new 'maestros' JayZ, Rihana, Lady Gaga that represent our nation's culture of 21st century!

I just hope that hip-hop/rap/modern R&B era will subside and guitar reefs, sax pyrotechnics, piano solos will increase their magnitude. Last 20 years it's been gradually getting thinner and thinner. Still didn't loose my hope for musical reincarnation. There are still guitars, pianos, violins, brass instruments for sale at the music stores. Hopefully they will be there.

Schubert, how about Sex, Drug and Opera?
Ever thought about it? Not onto any drugs, except would never mind a drag of good pot(possibly with cute date) followed by any descent Cabernet before the live classical performance.

Have to 100% agree that only in US the quality of grey substance in the head is measured by dollar.