[Tango-L] a little about modern opera music

[astrid]

Difference is that in the old days artists had kings who sponsored them, or
churches who bought their paintings...
These days, art is produced with the desire to make money. That is why it is
so difficult to get anything published.
And unfortunately, art, music, dance etc. is now produced for a very wide,
general clientele. And a lot of people are attracted to the flash and trash,
not to the real thing.
Here, any musician or dancer who has been in a movie, performed in Hollywood
etc, sells much more easily than people who really have a message.
The other day one of my dance teachers told me she invites dancers over for
workshops and shows who she does not even like sometimes, and worries she
would not be able to sell who she would really like to have over here,
because people only want to learn from and identify with glitzy dance
teachers up to their early thirties.

Astrid

----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk at virtuar.com>
To: <Tango-L at mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:57 AM
Subject: [Tango-L] a little about modern opera music


An internet newspaper ( pretty insignificant ) in Russian language
published an interview with Montserrat Caballe:
http://www.utro.ru/articles/2006/08/18/575713.shtml

In the light of recent discussion about music, I'd like to translate a
little except from the article the best I can.
Igor.

Newspaper: There are many talks that World is fading away in cultural way:
art is diminishing, becoming a business. Being one of the titans of the
modern art, do you agree with such an opinion?

Montserrat Caball$B!&(B http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat_Caball%C3%A9 :

[She speaks about classical vocal music in this interview - Igor]. In 21st
century and at the end of the last one, 20 century there was development of
mediocrity. There are very little of creative desires. Music was never a
laboratory product. Music is always inspiration, spirituality, and spirit of
a composer. Nowadays, there are very few composers who create with their
spirit. On the other hand there are hundreds, I would say, thousands
laboratory composers. We are talking about opera composers in this case,
about those who make opera music. These composers do not feel calling, a
need to create real music and devote to it completely. Rather they need to
receive many contracts to make money and become famous in a year. Maximum in
five years, but better in a year.