[pure-silver] Re: Mr. Nash's arrogance
- From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:18:04 -0500
On 10/20/2012 06:09 PM, mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Yes Bach wrote music that has lasted for centuries. Most of it was church
music, often written specially for a particular weeks service. Something else
people forget. When you hear many of Bach's music played, often its a best
guess as to what it might have sounded like when Bach performed it. Much of it
was improvised. He would often record a melody, a cord structure and from that
basic outline the rest would be improvised on the spot. With the volume of
work that was required during the day, it was almost a necessity.
Lots of other musicians wrote huge volumes of material in those times.
Only a precious few are still remembered. Excellence is rare,
and everything isn't "awesome". The only reason so many people
look at 20th C music and Art generally as being "Great" is because
they either have a deep atavistic connection to it and/or have a very
limited exposure to the genuinely great artists of history. I've
seen "Night Watch" - the real one - in Amsterdam. After that,
pretty much all the 20th century painters look like hacks - even the
ones I really like.
BTW, the schools are partly responsible for this with their ridiculous
critical theories. I HIGHLY recommend, "The Rape Of The Masters" by Roger
Kimball. You will learn a ton about art, learn to hate most art departments,
and alternate between laughter and fury as you read it. A+ and a must read
if you love fine art.
Now for the music buffs out there, here is a trivia question. Handel wrote the
entire Messiah in 28 days, but he had a good reason. What was it??
He needed the money.
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