[ExI] for classical music lovers only

[William Flynn Wallace]

Here's a good example:  are musicals classical music?  Some say Yes, some
No.  Sort of midway between 'serious' music and popular.  I read once where
Rogers had sold more music than Elvis or Sinatra.  South Pacific was not
one of their best efforts.   bill w

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 3:29 PM Anton Sherwood via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 2020-10-30 09:40, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat wrote:
> > You  know, I have had this thought:  what if we heard the movie music
> > before we saw the movie?  [...]   The questions are:  can
> > the music stand alone?  Will your like or dislike of the scenes the
> > music accompanies influence your liking or disliking of the music?  I
> > suppose a test could be listening to old movie music whose movie you
> > have not seen.  [...]
>
> I grew up with the songs of «South Pacific» (for example).  When I saw
> the movie in my forties, I found the plot weak and the songs stale.
> More recently I acquired[*] an album of a more recent production, and
> find some of the songs moderately enjoyable.
>
> [*] probably it was among the possessions of a late neighbor, left over
> from the estate sale and destined for the dump; I rescued a stack of CDs
> and a little painting
>
> --
> *\\*  Anton Sherwood  *\\*  www.bendwavy.org
>
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