I could never really get into mozart, apart from the "Mozart" requiem, because superficially most of his output seemed terribly aimed at pleasing the ear rather than conveying emotions or ideas, sometimes almost a series of cliches. Of course any music theorist will tell me that's because I'm an idiot and too shallow to appreciate the full complexity, and that's ok. Baroque just tickles.my mind more with its obvious mathematical structure, and romantic and late romantic stuff like Bruckner conveys the grand emotions for me more than early viennese classic. I have a special place in my heart for Beethoven , being at the transition.
I don't entirely subscribe to the correlation of intelligence and appreciation of complex music, but mainly because I find the concept of iq and intelligence deeply flawed. The music preference is a sign of a kind of intelligence if you will.
I don't entirely subscribe to the correlation of intelligence and appreciation of complex music, but mainly because I find the concept of iq and intelligence deeply flawed. The music preference is a sign of a kind of intelligence if you will.
