Re:Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic
by roughly on Monday August 30, 2021 @04:24PM
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I wonder if this is a similar effect as the “classic white marble” impression of Greek & Roman architecture - we have an entire aesthetic (both artistic and cultural) built off of the “purity” of the white marble remains; meanwhile it turns out in their time they were garishly colored and decorated because the Greeks and romans, like all other humans, actually enjoyed living in places and looking at things.
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Re:Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic
by zozbot234 on Monday August 30, 2021 @05:23PM
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It's quite similar. There's definitely a "white marble effect" coming from the original sources, that tend to be a very barebone notation of the music with basically no indications on how to perform it. But we know from written discussions that creative improvisation was key to performance in that era, and regarded as the very peak of music instruction even more so than composition itself! Sometimes we get lucky and have more detailed sources, that tell us how some pieces might have been performed in detail.
Re:Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic
by FredPret on Monday August 30, 2021 @05:17PM
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That’s a great point.
I wonder if in future there will be slow, dignified recordings of Nicky Minaj et al
Re:Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic
by utexaspunk on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @01:01AM
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Exactly! Furtwängler is just Beethoven chopped and screwed