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[calimac]

Eight sentences about classical music I'd be happy never to read again from Matthew Guerrieri (via patioboe)

Gems. I will admit to having committed anniversary honors on dead composers (I did it just this week), but only as an excuse to call public attention to composers I was listening to yesterday and will be listening to again tomorrow. Otherwise, though, I've heard and loathe 'em all. Yes, I really have been told that I don't like what I like, and all the rest.

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[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Since you haven't heard some of the statements - I guess you don't read what I read - you may have missed the point. It's the people who criticize modern music by saying "Mozart and Beethoven were the popular music of their time" who are using today's marketing hype as the standard for music popularity. That's the attitude Guerrieri is mocking.

Similarly, I doubt Guerrieri has anything against making a whoop on your favorite composer's birthday. What he's opposed to are the giant floods of All Mozart, All the Time.