Classical Music’s White Male Supremacy is Overt, Pervasive, and a Problem (Barf Alert)

Scapi Magazine ^ | 2/18/2018 | DANIEL JOHANSON

[dfwgator]

Didn't they get the memo...Beethoven was black!

[NEMDF]

I would venture to guess that ghetto rap music is highly under represented by Caucasian “stars”.

Same for southern blues/soul music.

But I am probably just racist and insensitive.

[lee martell]

Off Topic; My favorite Beethoven concerto for when I need a burst of energy is “The Emperor, Piano Concerto #5.” 1805, His last completed concerto.

Buckle up your seat belt, and take a listen.

[Vigilanteman]

And jazz, which is a much more civilized music genre than hip-hop or rap, is domonated by black artists.

So what?

[Migraine]

Well, at least a lot of women got to play and sing classical music! Celebrate that!

And don’t forget, in modern times, ladies like Enya, Dusty Springfield, Jackie DeShannon, Carole King — many of the female persuasion — have been able to achieve fame and fortune making stuff up.

[Paladin2]

It’s the fault of those deplorable Eye-Tal-e-nnnnsss...

If they had only written Operas in Arabic and Swahili ....

[rightwingcrazy]

I search for a word meaning “irrational fear of the rational”. This guy’s got it.

[Migraine]

I am with you on the Emperor Concerto — majestic, and at the same time, sublime, almost other-worldly.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[MD Expat in PA]

SMH!

[cyclotic]

And an amazing number of them, like pretty much all weren’t even American.

[PGR88]

The solution? Hip Hop Opera.

[amihow]

Who sez jazz is near civilized? Make you own chaos with sound and call it music.

[Red Badger]

____Fill In The Blank_____ White Male Supremacy is Overt, Pervasive, and a Problem....................

[dfwgator]

And jazz, which is a much more civilized music genre than hip-hop or rap, is domonated by black artists. So what?

That was a kind of blue answer.

[Red Badger]

Hip Hopera?.......................

[llevrok]

We had been long term subscribers to our local community orchestra.

As one season wound down, the next season’s performance list was announced.

The conductor said, with a bit of a chuckle, “We will try some new music next season. No more dead, white European males!”

This was about 12 years ago.

That was our last season.

[FatherofFive]

I'm an old, slow white guy who can't jump or play defense. I hit 85% of my free throws and 60% of my 3 pointers. I don't try layups because they always get blocked.

The NBA should hire me to improve their diversity. Talent is so over-rated!

[onedoug]

Classical music is practiced around the world. There are numerous examples of Asians, women, blacks, homosexuals, etc. being involved in it at various levels. The real issue is that one is either with the medium or not. It is highly demanding to the extent that if one’s compositional, performance or technical efforts are not up to the task, then that’s just too damned bad for that person who is then welcome to try their hand at something else.

If that is not sufficient for its detractors then they can go to hell.