(western) classical music discussion

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At least in Germany, performance of Renaissance and Baroque music, until around the 1970s, was influenced by strange academic opinions - you could think they analyzed it to death, had many preconceived notions about what it had to be like, and forgot that it was music. The historically informed performances seem like a breath of fresh air. And, as Gardiner says, this music is relevant and alive today, it's not a bunch of dusty museum pieces. Took a while for everyone to understand that.

The failed to see one fundamental truth. Music at all times was intended to be entertaining. Mozart wrote many of his operas not for the gentry but for the commoners, to be performed at his friend Schikaneder's theatre.