Listening to the Now
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9684812 |
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| Authors | David G Robertson (0000-0002-0327-212X, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, corresponding author), David Robertson (0000-0002-5527-9825, DAVID ROBERTSON, a Fellow of the American Academy since 2010, has been Music Director and Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra since 2005; in January 2014, he will also become Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Sydney Symphony in Australia. He has served as a guest conductor for many of the world's most prestigious orchestras and opera companies, including the bbc Symphony Orchestra in London and The Metropolitan Opera in New York City. His recent recordings include the Doctor Atomic) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 38-44 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_00241 |
| OpenAlex | W1992092511 |
| Language | EN |
The future of classical music is almost universally thought bleak. Attendance figures are dropping, and some even question whether it is possible to write new classical music that concertgoers will be able to appreciate. This essay locates the origins of such doomsday prophecy in unquestioned assumptions and seeks to establish just the opposite: that classical music is alive and vibrant, that new creative horizons are constantly opening up, and that audiences will actually enjoy many contemporary classical compositions. The key is to present these unfamiliar works as they are understood by their composers: in a context that allows listeners to make connections between the familiar and unfamiliar, opening their minds to a wealth of new human experience
Active listening · Aesthetics · Art · Classical music · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Key (lock · Musical · Sociology · Visual arts · Communication · Computer Science · History · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Highly cited | No |
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