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If the music was actually really good and people liked it then the money would be there. Maybe Bach style music isn’t really a good as modern music.
by unparagoned 2y ago
If the music was actually really good and people liked it then the money would be there.
Maybe Bach style music isn’t really a good as modern music.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoBach probably brings in more money for classical musicians than most classical composers (I assume he's in the top 10-20 behind the major symphony orchestra composers), and that music definitely is "good" according to many people. He is also the inspiration for a lot of subsequent musicians. There just aren't good economics in writing more music that is Bach-like.
- cykros 2y agoThe money in modern music isn't there for greatness. It follows the lowest common denominator. See: Taylor Swift and Beyonce. Bach was writing pieces that were commissioned. Commissioned artwork always has a different character than artwork created for mass consumption.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoThe money today for classically-trained composers is also mostly in film music. The next biggest market is video game music. After that, symphonic works (eg openers and large works for full symphony orchestras) are a distant third. The money has always been in commissioned music,* it's just about what is getting commissioned. Counterpoint rarely gets commissioned, let alone enough counterpoint to become Bach. * Mozart's catalog is a great example: Salzburg Mozart wrote masses and organ fugues, while Vienna Mozart wrote operas and secular pieces. It's what he was paid to write.