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This is a common opinion that just doesn’t stand up when you actually listen to music. Check out Arvo Part (eg “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britain” or “Fur A
by seanhunter 4y ago
This is a common opinion that just doesn’t stand up when you actually listen to music.
Check out Arvo Part (eg “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britain” or “Fur Alina” or “Tabula Rasa”)
Mark Anthony Turnage eg “Coraline”.
Judith Weir “We are Shadows”
I could go on and on. There are lots of great 21st century and late 20th century works in the Classical tradition
- TheOtherHobbes 4y agoGreatness is defined by extreme and unusual talent combined with lasting cultural impact. With respect to the composers you mentioned, their cultural impact has been tiny - in the sense that their influence on current and future composers and audiences is likely to be negligible. There's a point at which a medium becomes stale no matter what you do with it. No one declaims epic poetry from memory or writes complex medieval polyphonic vocal music now, and IMO orchestral/classical music is going the same way. Bach to (roughly) Berg's opera Wozzeck will keep being played, and perhaps Reich and Glass from the 60s/70s. But I'm not hearing much else that has broad non-niche impact and appeal.