people's view of classical music

[janny108]

How do you think Christians view classical music? Do people think it's evil? I personally enjoy it quite a bit.
Jan

 

[Victory of the Cross]

i see no reason why it should be classed as evil

 

[stonetoflesh]

How do you think Christians view classical music? Do people think it's evil? I personally enjoy it quite a bit.
Jan

I don't think classical music has the distinction of being evil; not anymore, at least. In the Middle Ages, the tritone (augmented fourth/diminished fifth) interval was considered "diabolus in musica"-- the devil's interval.

So much of the canon of classical music (at least through the Baroque era) has been written specifically for religious purposes; for anyone to pass blanket judgement on Western art music as a whole would be pretty irrational... Individual composers or works are another story entirely, but even then it would be hard to label something as "evil" in any real sense.

 

[Christian Soldier]

Handel, Bach and MANY other great early composers were devout Christians. Bach dedicated all his music to the glory of almighty God. I personally don't know a single Christian who considers Classical music "evil".

Like any type of music, one can find a few examples of questionable material. But considered as a whole, Classical cannot intelligently be considered "evil", especially considering so many of its "Founding Fathers" were strong Christians who frequently composed hymns etc.

 

[godismyabba]

wow, I can't see why it would be evil.. I guess you could make anything evil if you wanted to. But all I know, when I listen to Vivaldi, it's as if the gates of Heaven open up and God's ears perk up as He says, "Well done!". I like almost all kinds of music. I have fallen away from the rock-n-roll of my youth, mainly because the lyrics are so dirty and bring back memories of parties and the like. So I listen to Christian rock, praise and worship, classical. I like some classic rock if it's clean.
Melissa

 

[janny108]

How can you tell if it's not clean?
Jan

 

[Christian Soldier]

How can you tell if it's not clean?
Jan

By the lyrics.

If the lyrics promote sex, drugs etc.---it's not clean.

 

[Brittanyeah]

I absolutely love classical music, it happens to be my favorite genre of music.
Possibly because I was a ballerina for so long and that's all I danced to, but I've listened to it my whole life. I am really starting to appreciate it more now that I am older.
I don't think that is is "evil" or whatnot, some people can mistake it as a gothic kind of music sometimes (depends on the composer) but I really don't think they know what they're saying.

 

[smv2sax]

Its NOT evil...
I really enjoy classical music - especially classical saxophone. People tend to think that the only classical music out there is Beethoven, Bach and Mozart (nothing against their music- i really like it), but there are other less know composers out there as well that take a different approach.

 

[willard3]

Its NOT evil...
I really enjoy classical music - especially classical saxophone. People tend to think that the only classical music out there is Beethoven, Bach and Mozart (nothing against their music- i really like it), but there are other less know composers out there as well that take a different approach.

There just really isn't much classical sax music out there. Standard stuff is Eccles' Sonata and Milhaud's Scaramouche (which is a "bear", according to the single-reed professor here), but I really can't think of much else that was written specifically for the saxophone.


I know what you mean about commonly-known composers. Many people I know who claim to love music can only cite those three and possibly Brahms or Schubert as classical composers. What about Schumann (both), Mendelssohn, Mahler, Elgar, Poulenc, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky?

 

[xxPhilxx]

Its NOT evil...
I really enjoy classical music - especially classical saxophone. People tend to think that the only classical music out there is Beethoven, Bach and Mozart (nothing against their music- i really like it), but there are other less know composers out there as well that take a different approach.

Well, I'm just getting into it myself so those are my starting points.

 

[Tunderz]

"Evil?" Most (not all) classical music was written with spiritual themes or for spiritual purposes (at least those prior to the 20th century).

A number of our traditional hymns are based on classical works or melodies.

No, and given classical works are by and large instrumental works, I don't see how anyone could classify them as "evil."

 

[JamesAH]

It's very evil if you play Beethoven's Fifth backwards you will hear a subliminal message saying "vote for Obama"

Evil I tells you evils musics

 

[xxPhilxx]

It's very evil if you play Beethoven's Fifth backwards you will hear a subliminal message saying "vote for Obama"

Evil I tells you evils musics

Haha.
Wait... That's not true Is It? (goes to quickly listen to beethoven)

 

[Tunderz]

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[Capuano231]

Why would it be Evil? There's no reason to think it is Evil. I happen to love Classical music/Opera. It makes me feel happy and I just love the sound.

There may be some operas that could be Evil based on the storys. But Classical music itself isn't Evil at all.

 

[StuartGohl]

I love Wagner