The Back of Tuor's Head

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I find the music of the classical period boring because it reminds me of 'painting by numbers.' There are certain things composers of that period were not allowed to do because they were considered to be outside the boundries of the industrial regulatons which determined weather the piece was a symphony, a sonata or a whatever.
All of the norms, as practiced druing the olden days, came into being because the guys who paid the bills wanted the 'tunes' they were buying to 'sound a certain way.'
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People who think that cassical music is somehow more elevated than 'radio music' sould take a look at the forms involved–and who's paying the bills.
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