We are privileged to be able to access the music of the past and present. But the decline in public awareness and enjoyment of it has tragically declined to the point where the word "music" is in the mass media a referral to pop music and jazz, not the classics. Once upon a time everyone had a piano and most children learned to play it a…
We are privileged to be able to access the music of the past and present. But the decline in public awareness and enjoyment of it has tragically declined to the point where the word "music" is in the mass media a referral to pop music and jazz, not the classics. Once upon a time everyone had a piano and most children learned to play it and it pushed the classics into a respected public arena.
In the 1940s there was a film about and featuring the leading musicians of the day playin the classics. That day is gone. It is a cultural tragedy.
We are privileged to be able to access the music of the past and present. But the decline in public awareness and enjoyment of it has tragically declined to the point where the word "music" is in the mass media a referral to pop music and jazz, not the classics. Once upon a time everyone had a piano and most children learned to play it and it pushed the classics into a respected public arena.
In the 1940s there was a film about and featuring the leading musicians of the day playin the classics. That day is gone. It is a cultural tragedy.