Why Do We Hate Modern Classical Music?
Posted: Monday 29 November 2010 - 4 comment(s) [ Comment ] - 0 trackback(s) [ Trackback ]
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Alex Ross poses that question here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/nov/28/alex-ross-modern-classical-music and it's worth a read. Here's a trailer:

The mildest 20th-century fare can cause audible gnashing of teeth. Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings is a more or less fully tonal score, yet in 2009 at Lincoln Centre, it failed to please a gentleman sitting behind me. When someone let out a "Bravo!" elsewhere in the hall, he growled: "I bet that was a plant." I resisted the temptation to swat him with my pocket score.

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