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From: jho@ihuxn.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Modern Classical Music
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Date: Wed, 30-May-84 12:26:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 30 12:26:31 1984
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From Bill Mitchell:

>Frankly, I find it hard to relate to "modern" classical music - it doesn't
>contain sound patterns that I can relate to as musical in the way that
>pre-twentieth century classical music, or relatively modern jazz works do.

I have been exposed to classical music since childhood.  Yet, I was
never able to appreciate twentieth century classical music (with
very few exceptions).  Almost every concert nowadays includes 20th 
century music. It is usually a modern piece sandwiched between two
classical ones, so you cannot escape listening to modern music.
I have been trying very hard to listen and "understand" this
music, but with very little success.  

It seems to me that those who can appreciate modern classical
music are a minority. In a way I envy these people, since they can 
always hope to hear something new.  On the other hand, those of us 
who are limited to pre-20th century music are really face with a 
dead-end.  Unfortunately, there will not be another Mozart or 
Beethoven.  We are stuck with  the existing music repertoire without
a hope for expanding it.  I sometimes wonder whether future generations
will have the same appreciation to 20th century music as we have to
19th century music.  Did music reach its apex in the 19th century?
-- 

Yosi Hoshen
Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois
(312)-979-7321
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