tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38268000472040209712012-02-16T02:23:54.704-08:00-AWL-http://www.blogger.com/profile/15354373862648579793noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3826800047204020971.post-55284332730617670502009-03-01T14:50:00.000-08:002009-03-01T17:43:15.939-08:00I started a minor kerfuffel - the question was what is the category for new symphonic music in the "classic" mode?<br /><br />At a record store which section would it be in?<br /><br />This started when a friend gave me a copy of a very good symphony that was composed, I assume finally completed, and recorded last year.<br /><br />If you had "classic" music playing in the background in your car, the only way I usually listen to it, this new composition would have passed for something you had missed in your previous listening.<br /><br />Given that all I know about "classical" music is that it's all by long dead white composers, I don't have a clue where to find "new" stuff.<br /><br />There are distinctions to be made about "Classic":<br /> Classic in the sense of time tested?<br /> Classic in the sense of a timeless achievement?<br /> Classic in the form i.e. non symphonic "serious" music ( Ok Ok jazz is serious) like chamber music.<br /><br /> Where would Duke Ellington's symphonies fit?<br /> How about small group "chamber music" jazz? Like the Modern Jazz Quartet?<br /><br />Suggestions so far have included:<br /> Contemporary Classic( Eileen Chekal)<br /> Modern Orchestral(Phil Lowe)<br /> Neo Classical(Phil Lowe)<br /> Non Avant-Garde(Phil Lowe)<br /> Competently Composed Music(Phil Lowe)<br /><br />Competently Composed would start a whole new major mess( Who would decide) and include a very small group of compositions.<br /><br />Anyway - Just what is "Classical" music and where do I go to find new(?) stuff without having to sort through piles of older music.<br /><br />-AWL-<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3826800047204020971-5528433273061767050?l=bertlowe.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>-AWL-http://www.blogger.com/profile/15354373862648579793noreply@blogger.com0