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Art and music: can non-intellectuals appreciate post-19th century music

and paintings from Expressionism, forward?
You don't need to "understand" Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin to pleasurably listen (of course, the more you know, the more it is intriguing). The dullest adult, the clearest-eyed child can close their eyes and be swept away. Now, put on a late symphony of Mahler. Some Berg songs. Any Ives symphony. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to like these works without some understanding of their inner workings, of the composers' intellectual pursuit.
This is identical to the situation with painting.
Perhaps there isn't an easy answer, after all, as to whether or not "classical" music is dying. If indeed it is diminishing in popularity, perhaps it is only the "post-modern" part that is so? Certainly, in the art world, there continues great public interest in works from Botticelli through Schiele. However, once the representational barrier is exploded, so is public attachment.
This is not meant as a criticism: great art never is strictly derivative, it never copies. Individuality, originality are the touchstones of artists who strive to greatness. In doing so, however, today's artists have had to get far away from the emotive aspects, which appear to have finite forms, and go far afield into abstract, hyper-intellectual models. Relatively few consumers or appreciators, I'd argue, can or want to follow.
At the current trajectory, painting and "classical" music may be non-sustainable.

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Topic - Art and music: can non-intellectuals appreciate post-19th century music - tinear 10:59:41 03/11/11 (47)
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