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Posted: July 02 2005 at 17:56

By the way, great thread for a 1st post!

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 17:54

Maybe. For me, prog may learn a lot more from classical music than it does now. More subtleties, more complexity. More uncompromising music as well. More bands that would have the same sense of adventure as Beethoven, Bartok, Mahler, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, to name but a few.

But on the other hand: prog has more climaxes than most classical music. And I like the idea that both acoustic and electric instruments are used in prog. And listening to bands like Yes and ELP in the early '70's, you get the impression that ANYTHING is possible in the music.

Innovation: okay, from the beginning of prog in the '60's until now a lot has happened, especially between '69 and '75. But the innovation in prog nowadays is not very hopeful.

I hope there will be a prog-renaissance.

EugeneK

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Posted: July 02 2005 at 17:40

Unfortunately classical music easily wins this contest, not because I like classical music more, but because its objectively, more sophisticated and intellectual.

For example, take compositions for the piano of Rachmaninov or Chopin. These compositions are many times more technically proficient than the best Emerson or Wakeman keyboard songs.

The number of instruments in a standard classical symphony is several times bigger than in the usual 4 musicians prog band, and the interweaving between these instruments is more complex.

However prog has some advantages(its generally freer, and more innovative), yet the loss of such virtuosity skills as with Paganini on the violin, or Rachmaninov on the keyboard, makes me wonder. Aren't we now in the medieval age of music?

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Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: July 02 2005 at 17:54
	Maybe. For me, prog may learn a lot more from classical music than it does now. More subtleties, more complexity. More uncompromising music as well. More bands that would have the same sense of adventure as Beethoven, Bartok, Mahler, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, to name but a few. But on the other hand: prog has more climaxes than most classical music. And I like the idea that both acoustic and electric instruments are used in prog. And listening to bands like Yes and ELP in the early '70's, you get the impression that ANYTHING is possible in the music. Innovation: okay, from the beginning of prog in the '60's until now a lot has happened, especially between '69 and '75. But the innovation in prog nowadays is not very hopeful. I hope there will be a prog-renaissance.

EugeneK Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: July 02 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1	Posted: July 02 2005 at 17:40
	Unfortunately classical music easily wins this contest, not because I like classical music more, but because its objectively, more sophisticated and intellectual. For example, take compositions for the piano of Rachmaninov or Chopin. These compositions are many times more technically proficient than the best Emerson or Wakeman keyboard songs. The number of instruments in a standard classical symphony is several times bigger than in the usual 4 musicians prog band, and the interweaving between these instruments is more complex. However prog has some advantages(its generally freer, and more innovative), yet the loss of such virtuosity skills as with Paganini on the violin, or Rachmaninov on the keyboard, makes me wonder. Aren't we now in the medieval age of music? Edited by EugeneK