Historicity vs. revisionism in classical music. Only it's a funny, well-written article. Go figure. [Edit: The fact I think it's well-written, however, doesn't mean I agree with it 100% - I think the problem isn't that classical music is trying to emulate rock, but rather pop music. That's not a knock against pop, nor am I trying to say that pop is part of "increasing disconnect between music and meaning" (I don't think that's happening at all, actually). But I think even the most rabid pop music would agree that classical should no more be trying to be something it's not than pop should, and that seems to be what the trends Swafford bemoans are about.]
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