On 27.01.2006 Carlberg Jones wrote:
One very important fact here is that the general public is exposed to classical music as they haven't since Pavaroti's heyday a decade or so ago.
I just cannot agree with this. All I hear all the time is gingles made out of "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", very short and almost unrecognizable excerpts from the Requiem, and the unavoidable Queen of the Night. I think had Mozart foreseen his music used in this fashion, he would not have written it.
It's dreadful how Mozarts birthday is taken as an excuse for some populist "exposure" to classical music.
If it would get more people to visit a life concert, that's an excuse, but other than a few wanna-be popstars taking out their latest gown to the opera I don't actually see that happening.
An enormous amount of money is spent on this birthday, which I agree could be a good thing. However, I am pretty sure the total amount of money spent on classical music is hardly different from last years, so one asks where the money came from. Which composer is starving because of Mozart's fame?
Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
