A Conversation for Introduction to Classical Music Appreciation
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Raymond Started conversation Feb 6, 2003
I enjoyed your aricle and hope there will be more in the series. I will be looking forward to any more postings.
You brought up a couple of interesting points about modern music. Some of the things I see as contributing to the popularity of modern rap and pop music are marketing and money. You can make more money (and get more and quicker fame) by writing pop or rap. Also, by using "music videos" and sensational publicity, you can sell almost anything.
One person I feel did a lot to publicize classical music was Leonard Bernstein with his "Young People's Concert" series of the late 50's. I saw them rerun on sattelite last year (I think it might have been on 'Bravo') and enjoyed them all over again.
I was inspired by a teacher in a "Music Appreciation 101" class when I was an undergraduate. I hope you can inspire someone with your postings.
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