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| hesslei |
Music is experienced by individuals in a range of social settings ranging from being alone to attending a large concert. Musical performances take different forms in different cultures and socioeconomic milieus. In Europe and North America, there is often a divide between what types of music are viewed as a "high culture" and "low culture." "High culture" types of music typically include Western art music such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern-era symphonies, concertos, and solo works, and are typically heard in formal concerts in concert halls and churches, with the audience sitting quietly in seats.
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| Paradox Lost |
You wanna finish quoting the rest of that Wiki article to include an analysis of 'low culture' music?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music
EDIT: Wait, what am I talking about, you're just a spammer trying to work your way through with a deceptively relevant post. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
The funny thing is that in the old days audiences at classical music concerts were often rowdy. People would dance in the aisles, stand on their seats, and clap and cheer at what snobs today would consider "inappropriate" moments. Quite different from now, huh?
The idea that classical music ought to be taken in while looking as sober, serious, and bored as possible is actually a fairly new one and has more to do with class snobbery than historical accuracy.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/ar...edwards006.html
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
The difference is that back then people thought classical music was living music. It was their music just like rock or punk or rap is someone's music today. They listened to it because they liked it, not because they had some stupid notion that it was "good for them" or a "mark of distinction," which probably explains the presence of a good 75% of classical concert attendees nowadays.
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| woscar99 |
| And why are we philosophizing with the spammer? :conf: |
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