On Oct 16, 2004, at 5:31 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 11:27 AM -0700 10/16/04, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
On Oct 16, 2004, at 1:44 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Classical music is music you have to get dressed up all fancy to go
sit in a concert hall for, where you don't applaud after the solos,
don't applaud everytime the music stops, don't get up and dance,
where they don't serve beer while it's being played,
I know it's begging the issue, but the old Boston Pops programs (in
which "classical" music was played), were accompanied by the serving
of beer. And, as I think about it, and re-beg my comment of a
couple of days ago, when that orchestra switched from "classical" to
pop, one of the percussionists always sat down at a trap set and
provided the unvarying, pop beat which, I still believe, is one of
the identifiers of pop music. And that makes me think of those
recordings which came out several years ago of Mozart and Beethoven
symphonies with the disco sound (ugh) ... the only significant
difference between their "classical" renditions and the ever so
popular recordings was the introduction of the previously mentioned
rhythm section (and the typical octave-leaping, disco, bass line). I
know, I know, Bolero ...
Well, when the Swingle Singers were at their peak, scatting Bach and
Mozart very effectively, Ward Swingle would introduce their drummer
and bass player as "our 9th and 10th voices." And at about the same
time, in the mid-60s, a young pianist fresh out of Juilliard, Peter
Nero, made quite a profitable splash for a while by taking pop songs
and playing them "in the style of," or taking classical pieces and
playing them "in the style of," or combining both pop and classical
pieces in very creative ways. One that I still remember is a
combination of Tchaikovsky's 5/4 waltz with Rodgers and Hart's (I
think) "Dancing On the Ceiling" in the same 5/4 style. As i've said
before, it's all music, and trying to pin down its classification as
pop or classical is kind of futile if it's capable of being presented
in a crossover or fusion setting that is artistically valid and
musically convincing. Bach's music is virtually indestructible, and
surprisingly enough it appears that the songs of Lennon and McCartney
share that quality.
John
-Yep.
Dean
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