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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
Well, modern "classical" is definitely where a lot of "art" (or ahht, if you prefer) resides, but I wouldn't say it's exclusive to classical or jazz.
Certainly orchestras and conductors playing music that is hundreds of years old, performing "interpretations" that are akin to going into a massive piece of literature and adding tiny underlines or italics here and there are just as guilty of "regression" as any perennial garage revivalist. I would argue they are possibly more regressive, just because they are operating under some kind of high-brow delusion. The garage revivalist rarely harbors notions of originality or self-importance; they're just having a good time and using Vox instuments to do it.
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Fair points all... But you're talking about 'classical' [still a misnomer] in the sense of the rarified Vivaldi bollocks. Don't get me wrong, I'm of the impression that there's nearly nothing done by Mozart, Bach & Beethoven (I choose my names carefully) that hasn't been regurgitated
ad infinitum by the rock hordes - for myself, I hold the notion of 'art music' in very high regard, I would seriously contend any argument that sought to put any rock above the achievements of your Cages, Varéses or Xenakises (3 names at random).