Is classical music dead?

by Ted Onulak

Pondering this topic, suddenly brought to mind the funny little scene in "The Seven-Year itch", when the Tom Ewell character, in his efforts to seduce the ditsy Marilyn Monroe, ...read more

by Joseph Malek

As long as there are people who want to hear the most emotional and beautiful music that was ever created from years past, classical music will never die. Yes, there are many ki...read more

by Kelly Monteith

The only way of relieving the everyday stress is to turn on your favorite classical music station and let the music take you to places you could only dream of.As a subscriber to...read more

by Joseph Whalen

Classical music today is what it has been over the years, an indulgence of the finer things about music. It is a style of music that embodies the grace and elegance that is non-...read more

by Beverly Hicks Burch

Everyone has their favorite genre of music. Nowadays you would be inclined to think if you approached the average citizen on any street and asked them, "What's you favorite type...read more

by Joan Inong

Classical music is definitely not dead. Contrary to popular belief, it still has a thriving role in even today's contemporary sounds. We say that classical music is dead but...read more

by M. Joseph

Classical music thrives I am an 18 year old, college bound, socially active guy who is huge into the indie/alt. rock scene. My other choices of music run the gambit from Pop ...read more

by Kenneth Myers

Classical music shall never die, no matter what people say. With so much going on in the area of 'four-chord' guitar playing rock bands and percussion-based rap 'music', there i...read more

by Roger Grant

As long as there's a heaven there'll be angels and as long as there's Hollywood there will be classical music. The popular definition of classical as it relates to music is :e...read more

by Eric Bodreau

I do not think classical music in general is dead. As far as new classical composition goes, it is relatively rare to find a catchy original piece that a modern composer brings ...read more

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by Joshua Murphy

I would say no because we all hear classical music in the movies we watch. To every movie we watch, there's a little special known person who does one thing to give the movie i...read more

by Leigh Goessl

Classical music has survived centuries and its longevity has proven this genre is not dead by a long shot. Over centuries these timeless pieces continue to be passed down from g...read more

by Les Zsoldos

Classical music is definitely not dead. While it may have little or no appeal to some people, the fact is that classical music is all around us. Unfortunately, though, many do...read more

by Sherrill Fulghum

While the composers that comprise what we know today as classical music are long gone; the music that they left behind is not - far from it. The recent release of albums like "...read more

by Michael Greaney

Classical music is alive and living in the world of the arts and among the public. The problem is that traditional models of musical organization are dying on the vine. As art...read more

by Lesley Aeschliman

No, I don't think classical music is dead. In fact, I don't think it's a music genre that will ever truly become "dead." The fact of the matter is, depending on who you ask, t...read more

by Andrea Paulsen

Is classical music a dead genre? I suppose a clever answer would be "no, but its composers are dead". Except, they're not. Ask someone to name as many classical music compo...read more

by Bohdan Rewko (Bo of T.O.)

Every now and again I hear somebody say that classical music is dead. But is it really? As a young teen I grew up hearing the Beatles' song "Roll Over Beethoven". The implica...read more

by Christopher Hansen

No way is classical music dead! It lives some where in the very structure of our universe, like the "force" it surrounds and flows through everything that is was and ever wil...read more

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by Genie Bienicewicz

I think that classical music is still alive. I don`t think in the later generations that it has ever been the most popular choice of music but it not dead. I personally grew w...read more