Much of the activity is not so much creation of new music as it is musicology. So instead of creating new concerti grossi the musicians are seeking 'lost' works or refining the performance of existing ones. It is assumed that trying to compose in the manner of any previous master fro0m Monteverdi to Shostakovich is an act of consummate arrogance.
Tastes get conservative.
Meanwhile, music education of all kinds is being cut as a luxury or as fluff to save education budgets. The irony? Kids who study music do better in math and science than others -- even if they only play in a school band, and most of the music that they play is not classical. The effect of some other activity, like drama, is not as strong.
People can find much delight in great music. It can have a calming effect -- better than tranquilizers.
As we enter the post-scarcity world, we will need to find good uses for the time that we get. Great music, whether as a performer or listener, is a good use of such time.
....It may be that one of the great needs in education is to show people how to use time. We have gotten very good at wasting effort and adding costs to what we get, which is exploitation.
Tastes get conservative.
Meanwhile, music education of all kinds is being cut as a luxury or as fluff to save education budgets. The irony? Kids who study music do better in math and science than others -- even if they only play in a school band, and most of the music that they play is not classical. The effect of some other activity, like drama, is not as strong.
People can find much delight in great music. It can have a calming effect -- better than tranquilizers.
As we enter the post-scarcity world, we will need to find good uses for the time that we get. Great music, whether as a performer or listener, is a good use of such time.
....It may be that one of the great needs in education is to show people how to use time. We have gotten very good at wasting effort and adding costs to what we get, which is exploitation.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.