RE: (western) classical music discussion
March 22, 2016 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2016 at 10:17 am by Alex K.)
(March 22, 2016 at 9:59 am)Mathilda Wrote: Sorry but yes I do personally find most of Mozart'sI agree to a large extent
Quote:and Bach'sYou're crazy!
Quote:output to be too simplistic for my taste. This doesn't mean to say that they didn't have much to say musically. But I am also saying that as an avid listener of modern classical music rather than someone contemporaneous of those two composers. I've been spoiled by far more interesting music. Not that I always listened to complex music. I used to be an avid fan of Shostakovitch and Romantic era symphonies but I eventually grew bored of them.
But hey, at least I don't listen to Jazz.
Can you give me an example of something modern that you would think is much more complex than Beethoven's Missa Solemnis or the last parts of the art of fugue?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition