Quote (Derkaderk @ Jul 4 2010 08:02pm)
No I'm hating on the music elitists who are commonly music majors and frequently argue the "legitimacy" of music. Apparently, the majority of them like jazz.
Sound familiar, funnyman?
No, not really. It's funny because Jazz wasn't even an academically viable musical option until about the 1970's...and even then most universities didn't offer it as a degree option for performance or study. It's increased over time, but uhm, ya, most music programs are focused around a Classical curriculum, and Jazz in an academic setting is only half of the picture, and since it's such an all encompassing genre of music it's hard to be elitist about it.
So, basically, most music majors receive an education primarily in Classical theory/history...and most music performance majors are performing a Classical repertoire.
This post was edited by chronowarp on Jul 4 2010 02:28pm