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p-bo · 11-09-2013, 08:11 AM

I think a huge part of its longevity would be the fact that the performer usually willingly takes a back seat to the composer. Whether it's Bernstein in Vienna or Karajan in Berlin, it's still Beethoven. The music is timeless, influential, and beautiful. It doesn't matter how much current popular music saturates the scene: the greats will always remain. If 300 years from now, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and Toby Keith are held in the same regards as Beethoven, Schubert, and Bach, then I'm happy now that I won't be a part of that world.

11-09-2013, 08:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
p-bo Groupie Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Texas Posts: 22	I think a huge part of its longevity would be the fact that the performer usually willingly takes a back seat to the composer. Whether it's Bernstein in Vienna or Karajan in Berlin, it's still Beethoven. The music is timeless, influential, and beautiful. It doesn't matter how much current popular music saturates the scene: the greats will always remain. If 300 years from now, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and Toby Keith are held in the same regards as Beethoven, Schubert, and Bach, then I'm happy now that I won't be a part of that world. __________________ “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”