[lbo-talk] The Death of Classical Music (da capo, con brio)

[joanna]

Michael J. Smith wrote


>
>Bach -- at least the complicated Bach -- is more complicated 
>than anything, but there are plenty of composers we call "classical"
>whose stuff is structurally very simple. Take Vivaldi (please!). 
>
Now, now. Bach loved Vivaldi's music; he transposed a lot of Vivaldi's 
music to the Organ and Vivaldi's influence on his own music was quite 
salutary -- as the influence of Italian upon German music always was. 
Lightened things up a bit.

Joanna