"Classical" is the generic term for the style of music we're talking about here. Yes, it narrowly refers to the music upper class Europeans listened to from about 1750 to about 1820 but it's totally okay to call J.S. Bach, George Gershwin, Tchaikovsky or Dallapiccola classical composers, as well. A lot of people include Duke Ellington, though there's still a smidgen of controversy over this. Heck, Qobuz uses the term this way. So did every record store (remember record stores?) that carried that vast amalgamation of/approach toward music.
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Something a little different for the Vivaldi fans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sa5RaiPLm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veoAq2UEXcU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTqIL9rNGhc |
(Cheap shot...pardon the gist of my jest...) @flipwils Viv. and the Dvorak that followed it (for my following the link) are lovely examples of the music of their eras. I have a personal preference to hear such in the manner they were done originally...an intimate setting, live, unfettered by all that existed between the players and YT. ...and YT and my ears. The musicians themselves are interpreting well enough...one could critique, but that's not my intention, nor point.. What strikes me the parallel in the length of the selections...3 minutes, and 'X' seconds....the 'average' length of a current 'popular' song.... One could discuss the 'attention span' similarities....even the ones' invoked with the length of a symphonic concert and a modern 'rock concert' with all its' technical wizardry...which I suspect bugs people about yours truly.... I can go to a 'classical' presentation of an 'antique' form of music, and truly enjoy it. The sweep, the subtly of soft violins, the power of brass unleashed, the grandeur of it all in crescendo... Even in the 'cheap seats', above the 'regulars', if you're not moved, something inside is Dead. (But I do notice that the bar is open before and during Intermission....but that's another story to be told....;).....) Now...contrast that (and pardon the 'antique' reference....but, it is a bit long in the tooth. There may be a soothing element within that, but I'm not a 'shrink'...and y'all are not patients....).... ...with this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joWKEX03wd0&list=RDShB_HI6F1f4&index=7 ...and we can have a lively discussion....;) Play Loud, Jerry Bigger audience, bigger show....*S* |
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