[LAU] [OT]: Heritage [WAS] Re: musicmadewithlinux: Mozart Symphony #40

On 18/12/12 00:31, Ralf Mardorf wrote: [...] Are you sure? What exactly are you talking about? Do you feel saying something like this makes you a cool 'modern/contemporary/techno' artisti? Cultural heritage is going to pieces in many places due to the fact that in the current (bank-driven) ultra-utilitarian society where culture and humanities are considered 'ephemeral', not practically useful. When I say 'going to pieces' that is often literally; look at Pompei buildings collapsing, look at the many small museums and libraries which are (near to) closing. So I would say, please less marketing shite, less 'technology' consumerism (iStuff, smartphones and the likes), and *more* cultural heritage preservation. I would also say more education, and for music and musical culture, education to listening, not necessarily in an academic way: simply the ability to go a little deeper than just the surface. As for technology, I would say more awareness, so that people who are bombarded by ads are actually able to think, and understand what they are really being sold (and what they are often 'selling' when buying this stuff e.g. in terms of privacy). That said, I always find suspicious the hyper-contrasting arguments for 'less old, more new' as much as the 'tradition/old is beautiful new is crap' within art which is an intertwining of much more complex historical, social, cultural phenomena. It's not clear if you'd like so-called 'philological' interpretations, that is interpretations which try to perform Mozart's music in a way as accurately as possible as it was performed in those days (e.g. using original or replica instruments etc.) which is indeed very interesting, or playing Mozart music on a synth which is relatively less interesting, especially if it involves simply taking a midi file and playing it through some synth. Lorenzo.