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In the Thread: Very interesting
Post Subject: Popular FarePosted by Paul S on: 10/30/2021
The Culture Wars are On, and many performance and visual arts venues are working harder than ever to include more popular, and even local, "diverse" music and arts. Wifey and I went to a retrospective for an artist friend who recently passed, and a living collaborator of our friend included electrically-enhanced music and "modern" dance in the opening. We enjoyed it. I like to think I am not a snob regarding "established classical music" vs. contemporary music; but I like what I like. I have not heard electric bass effectively integrated into classical music, nor "Golden Age" jazz, nor even some old blues, for that matter. But plenty of music I've listened to over the year has made very effective use of the electric bass. And more power to all striving artists. Think of what Clement Greenberg did to/for the visual arts. More and more Boards, and educated curators and "critics" are taking "cultural" matters into their own hands.
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