In effect, each of us started from different experiences - all valid - to approach the world of art music, and yet at that time (7/8 years ago?), we all felt the need to look for examples with "protagonists" who were friends and close to the world of children.
An interesting phenomenon of our times ... something that when I was 7 or 8, I don't seem to remember or have ever observed.
Today, "descriptive" music is preferred over other things, perhaps due to our embarrassment in entering the imaginative world of childhood. We must rediscover their fervent imagination, which can work on sound rather than on "characters," and let it soar freely
Today, "descriptive" music is preferred over other kinds, perhaps due to our embarrassment in entering the imaginative world of childhood. We must rediscover their fervent imagination, which can work on sound rather than on "characters," and let it soar freely.
So, if I understand correctly, you are saying: full steam ahead, without fear, for music without a descriptive program?
So, if I understand correctly, you are saying: free rein without fear for music without a descriptive program?
In fact, we are the living example that one does not need jazz arrangements of Disney themes to approach art music. Certainly, proposing good music with imaginative characters that lends itself to the most picturesque descriptions can only be a contribution, but the spark can be ignited by any listening experience. Today we are far too worried about proposing the "perfect" thing, at the "perfect" moment, in the "perfect" way, etc... all "facilitated" by technology that did not exist until just a few decades ago. Now I say, what did people listen to in the past? The records that were in the house, and I doubt one would find Walt Disney's Fantasia, yet this did not prevent us from loving art.
So, facilitators are more than welcome... but in the end, what matters?
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in fact my first listenings were a collection of records with various compositions that were also very demanding, from various eras and styles including orchestral... I consumed the record dedicated to the piano with pieces by Chopin, Mozart... nothing descriptive. I was 5 or 6 years old... they were in the house and became jealously guarded by me...
