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When classical music doesn't take itself too seriously.
Western symphony music is most often called classical music. However, that isn't the case everywhere in the world. For example, In Poland, where I was born, the home of one great Frederic Chopin, people call it serious music, as a means of separating it from both popular music and folk music.
But why is that so? Is classical music the only form of serious music? I have listened to a vast array of both progressive rock, jazz and folk music that is serious both in the tone of the music as well as the lyrical content matter.
And is classical music always so serious? I find such statement to be far from true. A lot of classical music has a rather non-serious or even humouristic musical tone, such as some of the works of Tchaikovsky or Wagner. But the perfect example of classical music not taking itself so seriously is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. While the portrayal of the character of Mozart in the Amadeus movie is largely exaggerated and portrays him as too juvenile, Mozart was known for scatological humour, or toilet humour, if you prefer. This is reflected in some of Mozart's music such as his composition Leck mich im arsch, meaning lick my ass.
Some people tend to believe that classical music is all high class but as we can see, that isn't always so.
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#classicalmusic #mozart
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When classical music doesn't take itself too seriously.
Western symphony music is most often called classical music. However, that isn't the case everywhere in the world. For example, In Poland, where I was born, the home of one great Frederic Chopin, people call it serious music, as a means of separating it from both popular music and folk music.
But why is that so? Is classical music the only form of serious music? I have listened to a vast array of both progressive rock, jazz and folk music that is serious both in the tone of the music as well as the lyrical content matter.
And is classical music always so serious? I find such statement to be far from true. A lot of classical music has a rather non-serious or even humouristic musical tone, such as some of the works of Tchaikovsky or Wagner. But the perfect example of classical music not taking itself so seriously is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. While the portrayal of the character of Mozart in the Amadeus movie is largely exaggerated and portrays him as too juvenile, Mozart was known for scatological humour, or toilet humour, if you prefer. This is reflected in some of Mozart's music such as his composition Leck mich im arsch, meaning lick my ass.
Some people tend to believe that classical music is all high class but as we can see, that isn't always so.
Follow me on Twitter: https://x.com/AleXenomorpheus
