Our experience of classical music has become rather abstract, detached, and academic. When the great composers were active, music was closely interwoven with everyday life. Music was always “live” and enjoyed in the company of other people, not in isolation. As often as not it was composed for specific occasions, whether secular or sacred. Otherwise,…
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