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How to be a classic snob
1.
Too bad you missed Speight's I Puritani, every aria was vigorously applauded. My wife was rigid with disdain.
2. Most boring Stein column ever. And I love classical music
3. I recently attended a superb production of Brecht/Weill's 3pennyopera by UCLA Opera at the Los Angeles Theater Center. This has to be the most unpretentious, bare bones production I've ever seen of any opera. In spite of so-so acoustics (we're talking a large room with a raised platform for a stage), this was an exciting, well-sung and well-acted live performance. No recording could do justice to the quality and intimacy of what was performed.
4. Love it. Next stop in your musical education: the grand old opera, where there's a whole lot more to look at. More fun than a ginormous hammer.
5. Although mildly amusing, taking pride in your shortcomings is not impressive. It is commonplace to call Classical Music lovers "snobs" because they are familiar with that which you don't know, but it just shows immaturity on your part.
6. Classical music snobs are so last century. They rank a distant third behind jazz snobs, who themselves are eclipsed in the eternal circlejerk of music snobs by the kings of upturned noses, Noise snobs. Trying to impress by pratting on about Mehta & The 3 Tenors? Yawn... Maybe name-dropping Dolphy, Haden, or Taylor might impress those finger-snapping cats of your coolness? Please... Even if you can sit through a Merbow album you have no hope of impressing true Noise snobs, for whom purchasing a $50 import 7" with unique handmade covers is at least a weekly ritual. All three types of music share the same primary purpose: Alienating people.
7. I rarely laugh out loud while reading an article . . . thanks to that last paragraph I just couldn't help myself.
8. Very good, Joel, I can tell you love this Mahler stuff as much as I do. How many hammer blows did Eschenbach include? Apparently it varies. Mozart is like the Kenny G of classical music. Mahler is like Jerry Garcia. Thanks for bringing some attention to an art form that deserves more widespread attention and respect.
9. Hilarious. Right on the money.
10. heh
Submitted by: Lane Savant
2. Most boring Stein column ever. And I love classical music
Submitted by: Muskegon
3. I recently attended a superb production of Brecht/Weill's 3pennyopera by UCLA Opera at the Los Angeles Theater Center. This has to be the most unpretentious, bare bones production I've ever seen of any opera. In spite of so-so acoustics (we're talking a large room with a raised platform for a stage), this was an exciting, well-sung and well-acted live performance. No recording could do justice to the quality and intimacy of what was performed.
Submitted by: jdm
4. Love it. Next stop in your musical education: the grand old opera, where there's a whole lot more to look at. More fun than a ginormous hammer.
Submitted by: Magda Krance
5. Although mildly amusing, taking pride in your shortcomings is not impressive. It is commonplace to call Classical Music lovers "snobs" because they are familiar with that which you don't know, but it just shows immaturity on your part.
Submitted by: Reverse Snob
6. Classical music snobs are so last century. They rank a distant third behind jazz snobs, who themselves are eclipsed in the eternal circlejerk of music snobs by the kings of upturned noses, Noise snobs. Trying to impress by pratting on about Mehta & The 3 Tenors? Yawn... Maybe name-dropping Dolphy, Haden, or Taylor might impress those finger-snapping cats of your coolness? Please... Even if you can sit through a Merbow album you have no hope of impressing true Noise snobs, for whom purchasing a $50 import 7" with unique handmade covers is at least a weekly ritual. All three types of music share the same primary purpose: Alienating people.
Submitted by: ProfeXXor
7. I rarely laugh out loud while reading an article . . . thanks to that last paragraph I just couldn't help myself.
Submitted by: M Ryan Taylor
8. Very good, Joel, I can tell you love this Mahler stuff as much as I do. How many hammer blows did Eschenbach include? Apparently it varies. Mozart is like the Kenny G of classical music. Mahler is like Jerry Garcia. Thanks for bringing some attention to an art form that deserves more widespread attention and respect.
Submitted by: John H. Orr
9. Hilarious. Right on the money.
Submitted by: Peter Donald
10. heh
Submitted by: lareinedumonde@gmaiil.com
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