Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 1998/08

From: dnaden <dnaden@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Classical vs. Popular
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 20:45:56 -0400

Karena--

If you love classical music--Listen to it, enjoy it and revel in it. You're
an example of a teenager that doesn't bow to peer pressure. Keep it up!!!

David S. Naden, MMus
Cal State University Los Angeles

Karena wrote:

> i don't appreciate how some people are saying kids today like we're
> all the same and have no individual personalities or tastes. I happen
> to prefer classical music. i can't stand loud music like metal and
> rap can get really annoying. I'm only 15, so your generalization is
> rather rude(i think that's the word i want) to me. my parents don't
> exactly love classical, but they do try to keep it around me. my
> brother mostly listens to metal, but go through his collection and
> you'll find about 4 vivaldi cd's. just an added point, very calmly
> stated, most people i know can't stand country, to twangy.
> karena
>
> ---clmccurdy <clmccurdy@-----.com> wrote:
> >
> > kids today like popular becuz they can easily relate to
> it.............when
> > you ask some young kids today about classical music they
> automatically say
> > they dont like it becuz they think of beethoven symphony or mozart
> > sonatas.........to kids theyre long and dont "say" a whole
> lot.........but
> > its only becuz they havent ever REALLY listened....they just hear a
> lot of
> > notes .........
> >
> > Most parents dont expose them to classical perfomances becuz they dont
> > understand........if you teach kids to LISTEN and not just hear
> whats being
> > played there will be a greater understanding......
> >
> > popular music today is brief and to the point.......thats why
> country and
> > rap have taken off............classical or even jazz are pieces
> where one
> > actually has to form an opinion about......everyones thoughts about
> a piece
> > are different and affects each of us diferently.........taking that
> chance
> > to "expose" ones self is something that seems to be very
> risky..........so
> > we allow ourselves to fall in to the popular pit of like thinking and
> > understanding.....
> >
> > Back when Beethoven mozart .......and others.......first started
> they were
> > shunned becuz their music wasnt the norm it wasnt what was
> in..........only
> > after most were dead did people begin to take them more
> > seriously.............we must teach young people today to dare to
> > dream.......be different..........find out what music makes them
> > feel.......not what some singer can remake and "tell how life
> is".........
>
> DO YOU YAHOO!?
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>
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