What is light music? Some possible answers to the Rovazzi-Stockhausen case

... but ... meanwhile what do you think

Adorno, in his unfinished essay on Beethoven, states that «The stereotypes of the late Beethoven are of the type: "My grandfather always used to say"» [cit. from the linked article]

this is wonderful!!!!!!

I missed it!... because in my inadequacy I failed to read Adorno's Beethoven until the end.

Who knows how many others I have missed!?

if there is any Adornian expert who can explain it to me... I thank you in advance.

I think it is also (a lot) a matter of training.

To translate the reasoning: after you have read about ten cantos of Paradiso, if you read one from Inferno (which you hadn't read yet), it will seem relatively light to you. Even if it isn't light material.

in other words, the matter has many aspects of subjectivity.

No matter how you spin it, the “typical” story. The fact that Allevi is no longer among those in turn shows how individuals of this type have their days numbered. As it has always been, so it shall be.

Honestly, I find Rovazzi quite likable; he does what he knows how to do... and nothing else.

> while Beethoven's fifth symphony stops at 15

It seems ridiculous to me; they could have at least chosen another example. The Fifth is perhaps one of the classical (and art) works with the most views

A random one

222,161 views.... oh well

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A random one by Stockhausen, about 35,000 views... given its reputation, forget about 15.Sic!

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Stunned, 250,000 views. As long as it's Stockhausen, Rovazzi's million seems ridiculous. Please.

I forgot, we have been able to see people with 18,000,000 views ... and Vivaldi and Bach weren't even among the bottom tier

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