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Offline communist

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modern classical
on: May 13, 2008, 10:31:15 PM
does it all sound like rubbish?
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Re: modern classical
Reply #1 on: May 13, 2008, 10:56:29 PM
Dunno, i have never heard rubbish make a sound.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #2 on: May 14, 2008, 12:06:37 AM
No.

Modern is my favourite period.  It has by far the most diversity imo.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #3 on: May 14, 2008, 12:27:28 AM
It sounds like an oxymoron.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #4 on: May 14, 2008, 12:43:11 AM
No.

Modern is my favourite period.  It has by far the most diversity imo.

Seconded. Those that think it is all rubbish or trash or whatever are just ignorant.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #5 on: May 14, 2008, 02:09:42 AM
hmm? modern classical? Would that be like present day people writing in classical style or music from our time period?

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Re: modern classical
Reply #6 on: May 14, 2008, 02:52:28 AM
It's classical with a little c, not Classical, which would refer to the music period.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #7 on: May 14, 2008, 03:13:14 AM
hmm? modern classical? Would that be like present day people writing in classical style or music from our time period?

Concert music from our time period. It doesn't only mean those that write in a Classical (period) style today. Basically anyone who has been active since WWII can be considered modern or contemporary in my book.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #8 on: May 14, 2008, 07:31:20 AM
I bet that if somebody would write a decent pianotranscription of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' it would be a modern classic :)
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Re: modern classical
Reply #9 on: May 14, 2008, 01:32:33 PM
This period could actually go on forever.  I mean in 200 years, will everything from the 20th Century onwards still be considered modern?

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Re: modern classical
Reply #10 on: May 14, 2008, 02:55:11 PM
I bet that if somebody would write a decent pianotranscription of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' it would be a modern classic :)

Judging by how often classic rock stations have played that since Wayne's World came out, I'd say it's become a modern classic already, albeit not one in the classical genre. I'd say one of the hallmarks of modern music was certainly the developments of different musical genres like rock, jazz, electronica, and the consequent diminishing of classical music as a phenomenon in the public eye. In that sense, the classics can come from almost anywhere. In that sense, I would call John Lennon songs like "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Because" to be classics, as well as loads of other good rock/pop tunes.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #11 on: May 14, 2008, 07:44:52 PM
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Re: modern classical
Reply #12 on: May 14, 2008, 10:32:35 PM
I rather like the sound of rubbish.  Or the sound that can be made from rubbish  ;)
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Re: modern classical
Reply #13 on: June 05, 2008, 11:02:22 PM
I bet that if somebody would write a decent pianotranscription of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' it would be a modern classic :)

Here´s one. Doesnt look decent at all though...
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Re: modern classical
Reply #14 on: June 06, 2008, 03:57:38 AM
Modern music is awesome. I like to think of it as the classical or romantic period all over again, where most names will fall away after fifty years and some will start to emerge as masters of the literature.

I do think that modern music is making a bigger splash more so than it was twenty years ago as far as the average classical listener goes, but I feel that professionally music is beginning to turn back toward a neoromantic revival.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #15 on: June 11, 2008, 10:40:36 AM
I bet that if somebody would write a decent pianotranscription of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' it would be a modern classic :)

I think the same could be said for most good pop and rock tunes.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #16 on: June 17, 2008, 09:44:02 PM
I'm a firm believer that the proportion of rubbish composed in any given period is a constant. The reason we don't hear a lot of rubbish from, say Mozart's day, is because it's been forgotten. Today's music hasn't gone through that sorting process yet. So if you're going to be hearing a new piece at a concert, you may not know in advance whether it's any good. And remember, "90% of everything is junk."

The other problem, of course, is that great composers are often way ahead of their audiences. Presumably the Eroica sounded like rubbish to most of the people who heard it for the first time, and we know the Rite of Spring did. Today even knuckleheads can enjoy both pieces.

So be patient and keep an open mind with "modern classical" music. I try to reserve judgment until I've at least heard the piece several times.

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Re: modern classical
Reply #17 on: June 17, 2008, 10:08:44 PM
I'm a firm believer that the proportion of rubbish composed in any given period is a constant. The reason we don't hear a lot of rubbish from, say Mozart's day, is because it's been forgotten. Today's music hasn't gone through that sorting process yet. So if you're going to be hearing a new piece at a concert, you may not know in advance whether it's any good. And remember, "90% of everything is junk."

The other problem, of course, is that great composers are often way ahead of their audiences. Presumably the Eroica sounded like rubbish to most of the people who heard it for the first time, and we know the Rite of Spring did. Today even knuckleheads can enjoy both pieces.

So be patient and keep an open mind with "modern classical" music. I try to reserve judgment until I've at least heard the piece several times.

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