Amaranth Arthouse Music

I find it very sad to see a bird in a cage. Bird owners may disagree. The world as we know it is quite a bit smaller than it is to a bird as it not only flies within our reach but of course high overhead. If you equal the amount of space used by a bird, I would guess its substantially greater. Let us not forget how small in size they are in proportion to us as well. All of this makes it more tragic when viewing a bird in a cage.

I get the same feeling when I hear Germanic music composed today. The music of Astounding American Academia (AAA). I hear this all the time “if you sound like this, you are accepted.” You’re a scholar, tell me what sound? Okay, I’ll tell you. Germanic. John Williams? Hmmm, a perfect example. Can pull anything out of a hat. Hang on here, I’m not so sure about that. I’m not limiting him, but I haven’t heard much other than Germanic-sounding music. Maybe a little Russian overtones yes, some Dvorak? But all a part of the sound of academia (and John does it better than all the other AAAs). But what if you get off track a little, no problem. There’s always Schoenberg to keep you from falling overboard. But the key, right…, the key is to keep from playing that WRONG note or the WRONG structure. Which brings us back to “classical music.” Yes that German classical (they loved the term wrong, because they simply composed by numbers, mostly). Haydn, Mozart. Not the classical of today, or is it…………………………………………………….