Will classical music ever die?

[Diletante]

Hey.

Do you think classical music will ever "die"? Will the common man 10000 years from now know who Beethoven was? Or will it only be known to scholars studying this age?

Please join me in my mental masturbation. (But beware: some scholar from year 12009 might read this some day, so try not to look so naïve.  )

[Dr. Dread]

There will be no common men 10,000 years from now.

[Diletante]

I expected answers like that hehe.

[Dr. Dread]

I mean, what does it matter to us? Unless you plan on being around then.

[Diletante]

That's why I called it mental masturbation, see?

[Dr. Dread]

Okay, the universe will have been uncreated by then and therefore there will be nothing, nothing at all. So, my answer is no, sir.

[DavidW]

Hey.

Do you think classical music will ever "die"?

Not if we shoot Karl into space!   Just saying... it's an idea.

[Diletante]

We can freeze him too, y'know.

[DavidW]

We can freeze him too, y'know.

And he's a New Englander so he might not even notice.

[Todd]

Yes, classical music will die, when humans go extinct. 

[ChamberNut]

Yes, classical music will die, when humans go extinct. 

Great answer.  Thread can now be closed.

[Chosen Barley]

Great answer.  Thread can now be closed.

Don't close the thread till I've said that I agree that the human species will probably not exist any more.  And good riddance, too.  Unless we can suddenly smarten up. 

[Dr. Dread]

[monafam]

One thing that I find intriguing is not so much "will it be around," but how will it developed or otherwise be changed.   Another thing is how will the "technological" aspect be changed -- will a composer one day be able to simply "think" and the notes are transposed for a virtual orchestra to play?   (Not saying this is the direction to go, but it's interesting to me.  I would imagine musical composition from the "technological" aspect is easier than ever with various computer programs and does it just get easier -- this is not to say it's "better.")

[Sergeant Rock]

Hey.

Do you think classical music will ever "die"?

Of course it will! Entropy is one of the unassailable laws of the universe.

Sarge

[Todd]

And good riddance, too.  

That's a rather peculiar attitude.  How does smartening up have anything to do with human extinction, or making human extinction a good or bad thing?  Also, do you have similar attitudes with respect to the extinction of other species?  

[karlhenning]

Hey.

Do you think classical music will ever "die"?

Of course it will! Entropy is one of the unassailable laws of the universe.

Sarge

Well, it's all gone downhill since Bach, hasn't it?  

[Dr. Dread]

Well, it's all gone downhill since Bach, hasn't it? 

Beethoven 

[Valentino]

Boulez.

[Dr. Dread]

Boulez.