November 13, 2011

• Music Enjoyment

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  A couple of new movies have been announced – Star Trek and James Bond’s Skyfall -neither have announced their music score yet  …

  How is Change Progress? Growing up surrounded by the arts, why is the concept of new and old confusing? Mozart in cartoons, initiates a modernist opinion of nothing original. Art criticism, reduces to the vaguest of outlines, an opinion based on antipodal attitudes in illogical argument. Their antithesis of new and old presents, without evidence of syllogism or upgrade, a statement in pop culture; questioning any human activity’s’ importance. Historical antipodal opposition verses an aesthetic one, could be a quote from biblical poetry, on vanity – ‘Vanities of all vanities; all is vanity.’ (vanity is a form of lying) The line sounds ancient, as well as modern. It is not informative or of any importance; except maybe to the cosmetic business when used in reference to a teenager sitting in front of a vanity mirror. Pompous disguise of the plain with the new look. Old orchestral music such as P.E. Bach or the public presentation of Vivaldi played before a modern piece, begs the question, of music master like or dislikes. The new symphony composer might despise the ancients because of ignorance or training. They might find Beethoven as incompetent, or maybe they sneer at Wagner as a mildly interesting bungler, and as for Verdi and other notable Italians, they wrote the unpardonable crime of melody. The general consensus is these old masters wrote more interesting music then their new critics. They prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the old wave is the new wave – in a different context. That is the reason for their longevity compared to the stillborn creativity of the ‘one-hit wonders’ of today. Many old song authors are not worth listening to; as are many new ones. Aesthetic authenticity is not stated, they settle nothing, so maybe it is intentional. The terms ‘classical and romantic’ are new genres. They were not used, as inspiration, in the time, of the masters of music.

  ¹ British Fantasy Pics

  ² Inspirational source: Isaac Goldberg

   

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