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#4346067 - 03/22/17 02:51 PM When did classical die from the mainstream?  
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Can you name any classical composers (not counting film/tv show composers) who came onto the scene within the past 30 years or so? I can't. It seems that the classical music genre has morphed entirely into film and tv show scores now.


The most recent well known classical composers that I can think of are Sergei Prokofiev, George Gershwin and Richard Strauss! All of those had their creative peaks during the first half of the twentieth century.

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#4346530 - 03/24/17 02:35 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I guess the Classical I listen to is all classics (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, etc. and occasionally "Hooked on Classics", merging Classical and Disco). Classic Rock and Classic Classical! biggrin



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#4346536 - 03/24/17 02:48 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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That's my point though. For their time; Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were composing music that was VERY mainstream (ie extremely popular with people of all classes).


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#4346887 - 03/25/17 10:08 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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If you are looking at truly "classically accepted" composers, a lot of their stuff is clever, but never going to pick up huge audiences. They almost seek to challenge rather than entertain.

Thomas Ades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYw5hfzH1KM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ySgSayK8

Harrison Birtwistle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ySgSayK8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVnpktJtOms

Philip Glass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZf34B8SImo

I think it might be fair to say that "popular classical" is in the hands of the film score composers - John Williams, Howard Shore, Clint Mansell, Hans Zimmer...

#4346919 - 03/26/17 02:44 AM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I think most of the "classic" classical composers wrote a lot of their music for reasons other than just the love of music - for patrons who financially supported them, requests from royalty or the church, celebrations of historical events, etc. So they weren't really TOO different from the film score composers of today.


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#4346963 - 03/26/17 02:37 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Now that I think about it, I have a buttload of Classical Movie scores, my favorites being various Start Wars, Star Trek II, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jurassic Park, etc.



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#4347154 - 03/27/17 12:38 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: MarkG]  
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Originally Posted by MarkG
Now that I think about it, I have a buttload of Classical Movie scores, my favorites being various Start Wars, Star Trek II, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jurassic Park, etc.



LOL! That's why in my initial post I mentioned "not counting film/tv show composers".


Indeed it is the case that "Classical" as we knew it from the past has completely morphed into film and tv show scoring.


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I know John Williams has written, recorded, and performed stuff that was not done for a film. It just has made zero impact outside perhaps the classical music community. I've not heard any of it, and I don't really care to.

I have heard Billy Joel's album from the mid-90s....does nothing for me.

I have heard parts of Paul McCartney's one...ditto.



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#4347181 - 03/27/17 02:18 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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And Jedi fully illustrates my point. smile


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#4347294 - 03/27/17 07:56 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Yanni got some radio airplay back in the day (and maybe also Kitaro to a lesser extent)


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Good call on Kitaro, David. He and Vangelis (also worthy of mention in this thread) have been influencing each other for years.

I think maybe a nod to artists who may not be accepted as "classical" is due here too.

If you are looking for mostly instrumental and thematic music which uses many motifs, orchestration, layers of sounds, changing time signatures...

Jean Michel Jarre
Kraftwerk
Tangerine Dream

Maybe electronica, trance and ambient is where we need to be looking biggrin

For true classical stuff, I'm struggling to think of anyone modern *and* popular after the likes of Benjamin Britten, Samuel Barber, Messiaen... even then, they may not have been popular in their lifetimes.

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#4347303 - 03/27/17 08:35 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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ah John Taverner perhaps, but even he started his rise in the 60s... but he persuaded the Beatles to release his first cantata "The Whale" on Apple Records.

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For home listening I mostly enjoy the classics and movie themes, but I'm no connoisseur. I have my favorite versions but I can't say what my preferences are based on, especially when they usually sound so similar.

For live performances I enjoy the reasonably priced Baton Rouge or LSU student Symphony/Orchestra.

My favorite, I guess, is watching someone with mad skills play a classic...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey4n8vqlX_o

If you're not moved by the beginning, skip to around the 9:00 mark when she takes a deep breath and starts letting loose. smile



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Barber's Adagio for Strings - without strings biggrin

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Cool. I've heard that before. Was it in "Platoon" or some other war movie?



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Keith Emerson's Piano Concerto No 1, 3rd Movement. I was hoping to find the entire 20 minute concerto.



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The album version of the concerto.



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#4347960 - 03/30/17 08:59 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: MarkG]  
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Originally Posted by MarkG
Cool. I've heard that before. Was it in "Platoon" or some other war movie?


Yes, it was the music playing when Elias emerges from the jungle chased by the VC

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Originally Posted by U-96
Originally Posted by MarkG
Cool. I've heard that before. Was it in "Platoon" or some other war movie?


Yes, it was the music playing when Elias emerges from the jungle chased by the VC


I'm going to have to add that one to my relaxation/meditation playlist.

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#4352366 - 04/20/17 06:05 PM Re: When did classical die from the mainstream? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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In case anyone is interested, i found this article on the very subject I was bringing up in my initial post.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ead-in-one-chart/?utm_term=.7bc2bbe0383b


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What's the difference between an opera and a musical?

I'd say the 'telling a story with songs' genre is alive and well.
The production technique has changed in that a 'big sound' doesn't need a big orchestra anymore, but modern amplified instruments and electronics produce a cheaper and better effect anyway in most cases.

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Originally Posted by mikew
What's the difference between an opera and a musical?

I'd say the 'telling a story with songs' genre is alive and well.
The production technique has changed in that a 'big sound' doesn't need a big orchestra anymore, but modern amplified instruments and electronics produce a cheaper and better effect anyway in most cases.



You make some valid points. I think the main difference between an opera and a musical is mostly just the vocal style. I know that the operatic singing style simply turns off most modern audiences and that may be the reason why that art form is declining so rapidly. With standard musicals, the singing style is much more in line with modern tastes. In many cases it sounds not much different from vocals you hear in pop music.


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Well according to M-W, a musical is a story told by song and often dancing, while an opera is a drama told by song. So I guess all operas are musicals, but a musical isn't necessarily an opera.


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Originally Posted by NH2112
Well according to M-W, a musical is a story told by song and often dancing, while an opera is a drama told by song. So I guess all operas are musicals, but a musical isn't necessarily an opera.



Plenty of operas have dancing in them though. smile


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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted by NH2112
Well according to M-W, a musical is a story told by song and often dancing, while an opera is a drama told by song. So I guess all operas are musicals, but a musical isn't necessarily an opera.



Plenty of operas have dancing in them though. smile

Opera Balets such as Mlada with music by Rimsky-Korsakov.


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By the way, if we are going to be technically correct about what we are discussing we should call it "music in the classical vein." Orchestral or symphonic music might do, but classical music is music from the classical period:

"The classical period is between the baroque and romantic periods. This means that music from the classical period is music composed between about 1750 to 1820. The greatest composers of the classical period are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)."


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That's a good point you bring up LB. I guess I really meant to say "orchestral music".


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