tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post4918990728985451976..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: File It under... "Who Cares?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-70013090787904069762008-02-28T16:06:00.000-08:002008-02-28T16:06:00.000-08:00The only music-criticism topic more tired and lazy...The only music-criticism topic more tired and lazy than "jazz is dead" is probably "classical music is dead."<BR/><BR/>If some music critic is looking for a musical genre that actually is dead, I nominate "ragtime is dead."<BR/><BR/>Or possibly Morris dancing.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371363571092946834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-14806713549144497312008-02-28T15:11:00.000-08:002008-02-28T15:11:00.000-08:00There's a quote (perchance one of you can remember...There's a quote (perchance one of you can remember the correct wording and author), that is something like "the best way to make a living in classical music is to always talk about its death".<BR/><BR/>I think this article is funny compared with this 2006 NYT article (from Detritus friend A. Kozinn):<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/arts/music/28kozi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2<BR/><BR/>The gist of it is that on iTunes, classical sales account for 12% of total sales, which is 4 times classical music's CD marketshare.<BR/><BR/>So it seems a more Web-based business model is good for classical music... <BR/><BR/>A quote from Alex Ross's blog in a post on a similar topic:<BR/><BR/>"The neverending "death of classical music" talk is the wishful thinking of the culture industry. But the fact that orchestra subscriptions, opera ticket sales, and, possibly, record sales have gone up in the last year or two suggests that music from Hildegard to Anna Clyne can still find its audiences without help from TV, magazines, and commercial radio. That's an astonishing phenomenon."<BR/><BR/>Indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com