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Originally Posted by jujimufu
*sigh*
What's the rest of classical music if not chords, notes assigned one on top of another or one next to another? And what meaning does baroque/classical/romantic music have beyond that? And what makes you believe that ALL music is to be judged under the scope of emotional and expression? I would never try that with a piece by Feldman, or a piece by Cage, or even a piece by Ives? And what if I told you that in Webern's pieces there is a lot of emotion? You'd tell me I am crazy, so this makes it not even emotion, but rather what *your* perception of emotion is, and how and *if* you can perceive this "emotionality" in a piece of music. So you're judging all music under some criteria which are highly flawed in terms of objectivity, or even subjectivity 
Sound's like a fun conversation is coming up >_> |
I agree. I mean, I like everything... I'm a really open person. People let socially constructed things... even with aesthetics in music affect them too much.
People focus too much on the Romantic era in my opinion.
It really isn't even fair to compare composers... the quality and variance within one composers own works almost outweigh the differences between that composer and another.
It is a perception issue with people... not anything with objectivity.
At least the idea borders some where in the land of subjectivity... albeit on the faaar borders.