tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post7208636068597013026..comments2023-10-08T08:38:09.714-04:00Comments on Musical Perceptions: Tradition and InnovationScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-16906346822475246922008-02-16T22:15:00.000-05:002008-02-16T22:15:00.000-05:00Is it fair to say that students enjoy studying the...Is it fair to say that students enjoy studying the music that they know, and especially the music that's hot right now?<BR/><BR/>If classical music could be made to be "hot right now," wouldn't students be more interested in studying it?<BR/><BR/>Classical music isn't hot because it's sooo yesterday, or even yester-century. According to Schoenberg, it's been dead since the resources of tonality were exhausted around 1900.<BR/><BR/>If new tonal resources could be found -- resources that were familiar enough to be accepted by the mainstream audience, yet novel enough to pique the interest of creative artists -- wouldn't that be the best of all possible worlds?<BR/><BR/>A recent scientific breakthorugh may have the postential to make exactly that outcome possible.<BR/> http://www.thummer.com/blog/2007/12/going-somewhere.html<BR/><BR/>But, what do I know? I'd welcome your comments at jim@thumtronics.com.JimPlamondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09369224973365121846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-84778842154309054152007-12-12T10:35:00.000-05:002007-12-12T10:35:00.000-05:00Marc,I think traditions can and do change. It use...Marc,<BR/><BR/>I think traditions can and do change. It used to be traditional for the parents to arrange marriages, but in most current cultures marriage by choice is traditional. Alex Ross describes how intramovement clapping used to be traditional, but now is a cultural faux pas (though there are some trying to shift that tradition back again). There have been psychological studies of composer popularity that show how rankings of composers such as Tchaikovsky and Franck have changed significantly over time.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286095156825716887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6980672.post-88364808933349232332007-12-11T13:02:00.000-05:002007-12-11T13:02:00.000-05:00I know it's a blog post, and so probably not your ...I know it's a blog post, and so probably not your final thoughts on the subject, but I have to say that you can't change traditions. Those concepts stay as they are, and it's our interpretation of them that may be changed. This is a key difference between tradition and fashion. Sandow and Horowitz may try to create new traditions, but they can't change the existing ones wholesale, only how we relate to them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367901003659994894noreply@blogger.com