tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880739885809153232.post73286087711094988..comments2016-02-21T06:29:30.261-06:00Comments on Music and Music Education: Musical BlendingChristopher J. Simerman Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08986365560884467282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7880739885809153232.post-74618684723876219722009-03-28T23:10:00.000-05:002009-03-28T23:10:00.000-05:00I was rooting through some of my old college proje...I was rooting through some of my old college projects and found a project titled "Music Dies." This excerpt sums up a bit of that I am trying to get across.<BR/><BR/>"There are three main reasons why classical music was already on the decline.<BR/><I>1)Classical music is on the decline because it has only been moving linearly.</I><BR/>Since its creation, music has moved from concept to concept with very little interaction between these ideas.<BR/><I>2)Classical music is on the decline because it has become too specialized.</I><BR/>Music began as an all purpose entertainment. Music for People states, “Your music is more authentically expressed when your body is involved in your musical expression.” The arts used to be intimately connected but now they stand apart and jealously guard any changes they make as their own.<BR/><I>3)Work concept has limited our creativity.</I><BR/>With the advent of the work concept, composers write more specific music and musicians only play what is written. I was once told that “Composers only write what they think you don’t know.” If that is the case then composers today must think we are morons because they leave nothing up to interpretation."<BR/><BR/>My source for this information was a class on Improvisation taught by Professor Eric Edberg (http://classicalimprov.com/)Christopher J. Simerman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08986365560884467282noreply@blogger.com