tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300053268224811025.post8131742921658237880..comments2023-10-29T09:12:20.913-04:00Comments on The Future of Classical Music: Thoughts on finishing HTRIJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302686657198035607noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300053268224811025.post-19827796154467880052010-11-30T07:55:26.390-05:002010-11-30T07:55:26.390-05:00You make some good points, Dave. Like you, I left...You make some good points, Dave. Like you, I left this reading experience feeling slightly unsettled without quite knowing why. I agree with Hewett that classical music has something unique to offer that perhaps no other musical genre can, but I'm taken aback by his suggestion that we stop "breaking down barriers." I also think that #3 on your list of complaints merits further discussion. In a course that I took at the University of Sussex entitled "Music and Narrative," we spent an entire semester charting the transformation of 19th-century opera into 20th-century film scoring. In the eyes of my professor, at least, the two musical forms are very closely connected.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252534062092810473noreply@blogger.com