Re: The Death of Classical Music (da capo, con brio)
On Apr 4, 2007, at 1:16 PM, joanna wrote:
Michael J. Smith wrote
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Bach — at least the complicated Bach — is more complicated than anything, but there are plenty of composers we call “classical” whose stuff is structurally very simple. Take Vivaldi (please!).
Now, now. Bach loved Vivaldi’s music; he transposed a lot of Vivaldi’s music to the Organ and Vivaldi’s influence on his own music was quite salutary — as the influence of Italian upon German music always was. Lightened things up a bit.
In any case, how long would it take someone to learn the violin well
enough to play an old warhorse like The Four Seasons? A lot longer
than it took Sid Vicious to master his instrument.
Doug