tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post7401104615752213935..comments2023-10-21T07:14:37.880-07:00Comments on Jazz: The Music of Unemployment: Those who can't do, teach, and then their students secure their legacyAndrew Durkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-23911795417915766722010-12-29T10:33:41.861-08:002010-12-29T10:33:41.861-08:00Bach influenced many people after his time. I have...Bach influenced many people after his time. I have performed some of his preludes and fugues in the past. His music is very elaborate but I think that there were other classical geniuses even greater than Bach. Bach gets this credit because he was BIG for HIS time.Jazz Websitehttp://www.worldwide-jazz-online.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-69842649338875464732010-12-21T14:56:53.064-08:002010-12-21T14:56:53.064-08:00I don't disagree, though I think the two thing...I don't disagree, though I think the two things -- acculturation and talent -- can simultaneously apply to the same individual. And for whatever reason, in our culture, it has become very easy to forget that acculturation plays a role at all. So this post was intended as a sort of reminder...Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-47622397943722600702010-12-06T12:36:34.187-08:002010-12-06T12:36:34.187-08:00At the risk of being obvious, I'll note that B...At the risk of being obvious, I'll note that Bach's music has a little to do with it, too, since he's generally considered the unrivaled master of counterpoint, probably making the study of his music intrinsically more useful for composers of later styles. For myself, when I first heard baroque music (Switched on Bach, plus The Well-Tempered Synthesizer for the other composers - when I finally heard this music played acoustically, it sounded weird and wrong to me), it seemed obvious to my 10ish-year-old ears that Bach was on a different level than the others - no further acculturation necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com