What Pop music owes to Classical

[Michael]

Hmmm.
I have Book No. 1 and it is rather good. I also have another of the books listed, "Revolution in the Head" .... so it seems Mr Goodall is a Beatles fan. Maybe I should forgive him his Beethovenian deafness.
Maybe.

[Sorrano]

So why isn't Goodall's book, The Story of Music, on the list? I see it (neatly) advertised just before the list begins.

[Quijote]

More follow up articles on Goodall. It appears that he has a 'Top 10' list of books on music.
Here's the link :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013...10-music-books

[Michael]

I never read other people's comments!

No wonder we get away with murder on this forum.

[Michael]

Goodall certainly got a Good ol' hammering in the comments section!
I'm still waiting for next Saturday night. I bet his Beethoven appraisal won't be All Good.
Of course, if I'm wrong, I'll post a full apology on this forum (where Howard won't see it - he'll be on the Bach Reference Site).

[Peter]

Sorry, I meant 'us all'. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with it, but you should read the newspaper readers' comments posted just after the article (scroll down after the Guardian article) for some very disparate views! The debate among those readers gets quite heated, as you will see !

I never read other people's comments!

[Enrique]

I liked this:

Pop is an exploitative, globalist, technological product created by entrepreneurs for the purpose of dominating a mass market; Mozart composed for European aristocrats of taste and culture. So to say that they both "pleased the public" would be, at best, a sophism.

[Quijote]

Sorry, I meant 'us all'. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with it, but you should read the newspaper readers' comments posted just after the article (scroll down after the Guardian article) for some very disparate views! The debate among those readers gets quite heated, as you will see !

[Quijote]

Well well, here's an interesting article for you all. Enjoy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013...ssical-masters