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Entry: The Death of Music by the Spirit of Government Subsidies Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_death_of_music_from_the_spirit_of_government_subsidies#15301 Post contents: Interesting how in the arts the Neos and the Paleos are carbon copies. I wonder if for The New Criterion 1. serious music (a better name than "classical") is assumed to be 95% from 1750-1911, with Bruckner ignored (or considered inferior to Mahler), Haydn acknowledged rarely, and the only pre 1750 composer acknowledged is Bach. Thus the the Anglo-American taste from 1950: Protestant, Romantic, and the German connection begrudgingly acknowledged. 2. Webern, Messiaen, Reich, and Adams don't exist. 3. the Early Music revival didn't happen. Josquin, Monteverdi, Pérotin, Dufay, Corelli, and chant are “academic”. Palestrina and Victoria are played only to show folks what music sounded like back then. 4. American serious music tastes are imported from Britain (even in Early Music) Maybe Mr. Stove's book improves on this. Sent at: 2008 07 06