[Borges]

Old article but still interesting. Talk about academic snobbery on Babbit and Einhorn's part.

[Borges]

Classical music ping.

[Dante3]

Enjoyed it.

[EveningStar]

Talk about academic snobbery on Babbit and Einhorn's part.

I agree. I'm forever hearing Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and Rachmaninoff trashed. It gets tiresome.

[Billthedrill]

Good heavens - these poor fellers seem so edumicated on the topic that they've ceased to enjoy it. How...postmodern...

I adore both composers, but Brahms is definitely far more profound intellectually, IMHO. He is, if you like, saying something musically where Tchaikovsky is describing something. That isn't always true but as a general rule it works.

Publius and I had a discussion once about this - at one point much of intellectual Europe was divided into the Wagner camp and the Brahms camp for a similar reason and to a degree still is. That describes much more than musical taste; it encompasses philosophy and quite a bit of politics as well. I'm pinging him for comment.

[MinuteGal]

I enjoy reading everything about Peter Illich......and the discussions and information about the article and about the Maestro are equally interesting to me.

Thanks again for posting.

Leni

[samiam1972]

Here’s a site my kids love!
http://www.classicsforkids.com/

Thanks for posting the article. Very interesting!

[x]

It has to do with German ideas about form and harmony. These scholars and composers got a very rigorous, almost mathematical, education and it’s conditioned how they think and feel about music.

[Mike Powell]

Oh yes, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky the Romantic Era master. Some of his symphonies, ballet and overture are just timelessly brilliant.

Mozart and Tchaikovsky, the two master of their class.

[seoul62]

Add me on, I love classical music. I know that the discussion is on Tchaikovsky, but I would like to recommend Mitsuko Uchida - Mozart Piano Sonatas, a joy to listen to from begining to end. I also had the pleasure of seeing the New York Collegium in concert once, it was fantastic and moving./Just Asking - seoul62......