Modern classical music in gaming

[--Pete]

Hi,

You do realize the Beethoven, Mozart, and the like, did write pop music, or what was considered pop music in their time?

This claim is often made. I'm not sure it's true.

I think it was partially true. Consider J.S. Bach. He wrote a lot of music for church, published it, and sold the sheet music. That comes about as close as you can to the modern music distribution system without Internet, radio, TV, CD/DVD, tape, or records. Other composers wrote masses and other services. While written for the church or civil aristocracy, they were performed publicly, for all.

While your point about folk music is true, I suspect that more common people were familiar with 'high brow' music than you allow for. Of course, without the capability of recording and playing back music, nothing like today's pop could really exist.

I'm often amused at people's attitude towards classical music. Basically, it is just music that has stood the test of time. To clump it together is laughable. The difference between a Bach sonata and a Strauss waltz are as great as those between jazz and country.

If I had a time machine, I'd love to go to the next century and see is anything by the Moody Blues has made it into 'the classics'. I hope so.

--Pete