Essay on the Class Divide in Classical Music

AsMother
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:51:33 +0000

Hi, @compmom ! Having someone as a role model and achieving his/her level of success may be two different things, I’m afraid.
I’m not even sure he’d pursue film-scoring if he thought he could earn a living sitting in his room composing sonatas (there, Beethoven is still pretty much his idol!), but I think he’s trying to be SOMEWHAT more practical-minded. (I do think he enjoys the work involved in scoring, though.)
By the way, I had JUST watched the last episode of “Mozart in the Jungle” last night when I came here and read the article. I doubt the show reflected many of the realities of that world, although it did involve strikes/lockouts, out-of-work orchestra musicians driving Ubers, injured musicians, desperate approaches to seeking donations to keep the orchestras going, etc. I wondered what people who are more familiar with that world thought of the show.