Classical music of the future?

[nixium]

So what would people a few hundred years from now consider 'classical' music?

Only music in the last 30 years is allowed for consideration.

I could, of course, study music theory and figure out common traits of music currently considered classical. I could read up a psychological analysis of why we like the music we do and use that to argue the case for my specific choices.

Instead, I prefer, and invite you all, to meaninglessly speculate about this topic, wasting bandwidth and time, in accord with ATOT guidelines. Intelligent responses are appreciated, but not required.

If even this takes too much mental processing, you're allowed to voice your opinions on how porn will evolve a few hundred years from now.

 

[Vehemence]

98 Degrees

 

[Anubis]

im gonna not follow your guidlines and just say that no music from the past 30 years will be considered classical,

300 years from now Beethoven and Mozart will still be classical

 

[KB]

Originally posted by: Anubis
im gonna not follow your guidlines and just say that no music from the past 30 years will be considered classical,

300 years from now Beethoven and Motzart will still be classical

/thread

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Anubis
im gonna not follow your guidlines and just say that no music from the past 30 years will be considered classical,

300 years from now Beethoven and Mozart will still be classical

Agreed. Classical has many subgroups based on the time period as well. Contemporary classical uses many motifs that were just not heard of in, say, the romantic period, or baroque period.

 

[randay]

sir mixalot

 

[Kirby]

Definately not Tool. 😛

 

[slugg]

More importantly, will ghetto-tacular rap be playing on oldies stations 30 years from now?

 

[A Casual Fitz]

The good Progressive Metal acts are the genius composers of the modern-era.

 

[irishScott]

Music genres don't really change. Classical will still be classical, classic rock will be classic rock, rap will be rap, and the subcategories thereof. The only thing that might change is "modern rock".

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: randay
sir mixalot

Yes, this has already been foreseen. There can be no going back.

 

[acheron]

Occasionally you see science fiction stories set in the future, where someone will refer to "classical music" and it turns out they're talking about the Beatles or something.

I don't think that will really happen -- no one refers to, e.g., "Yankee Doodle" as classical music, despite it sticking around for 250 years. It takes more than age.

 

[biggestmuff]

Huh? Even what's considered modern classical is almost 90 years old at this point; Holst, Debussy, Bartok, Orff...

 

[PepePeru]

Frank Zappa

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Huh? Even what's considered modern classical is almost 90 years old at this point; Holst, Debussy, Bartok, Orff...

That's not considered modern. Modern "classical" composers include Liebermann, Part, Ligeti, Crumb, Cage, Glass...

 

[Kev]

Soulja Boy

 

[Descartes]

Aside from the inherent difficulty in finding something classical about the future, I'm going to point out that there are still many composers around the world creating new pieces. Operas, concertos, symphonies, etc. I've seen at least a dozen premiers in my lifetime, some in the US and one in Europe.

So, that's my vote.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Huh? Even what's considered modern classical is almost 90 years old at this point; Holst, Debussy, Bartok, Orff...

That's not considered modern. Modern "classical" composers include Liebermann, Part, Ligeti, Crumb, Cage, Glass...

Phillip Glass is painful for me to listen to.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Definately not Tool. 😛

i'm surprised there aren't 50 posts already saying that it would be Tool.

 

[nixium]

Originally posted by: Anubis
im gonna not follow your guidlines and just say that no music from the past 30 years will be considered classical,

300 years from now Beethoven and Mozart will still be classical

Motion to ban.

 

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Definately not Tool. 😛

Or Dream Theater or Opeth. 😛

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: nixium

Originally posted by: Anubis
im gonna not follow your guidlines and just say that no music from the past 30 years will be considered classical,

300 years from now Beethoven and Mozart will still be classical

Motion to ban.

and WWYBYWB? 😛

 

[nixium]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Aside from the inherent difficulty in finding something classical about the future, I'm going to point out that there are still many composers around the world creating new pieces. Operas, concertos, symphonies, etc. I've seen at least a dozen premiers in my lifetime, some in the US and one in Europe.

So, that's my vote.

That's where the speculation part comes in.

My vote is toward the electronica/techno/house genre, primarily because the music is "electronic". I'm thinking the future will have a lot of computer generated sound, and the beginners of this genre will be venerated as pioneers.

 

[nixium]

Originally posted by: darkxshade

Originally posted by: nixium

Originally posted by: Anubis
im gonna not follow your guidlines and just say that no music from the past 30 years will be considered classical,

300 years from now Beethoven and Mozart will still be classical

Motion to ban.

and WWYBYWB? 😛

I haven't been cool enough to be banned.

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: dNor

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Definately not Tool. 😛

Or Dream Theater or Opeth. 😛

Or Dragonforce, Slayer, Megadeth and whatever else you damn kids listen too. 😛