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RE: Drei Worte zu Mozart und Chopin
Yes, that is the 'correct' perspective:
What you like and what you don't ought not to be influenced by categories like kitsch.
Kitsch or not is an interesting question, but rather a question of theory of art and aesthetics.
The essential approach for non-artists as for artists is the respect of myself in regard to some kind of self-awareness:
What do I like and why?
Am I the fast food guy?
Do I prefer just easy listening?
Or will some deep dive be my thing?
This is Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings. I enjoy it a lot, but I only discovered it recently, so I don’t know much about his history or technical background. I'm curious how you view it - or how you go about dissecting a performance like this - and whether you think it was a good one.
Perhaps I'll begin with this one...
This will take some time...
Since I'm not familiar with the Serenade for Strings and also not with other works by Dvořák and last not with himself, I will have to read something about his oeuvre (concerning the question, how this Serenade for Strings is embedded in this oeuvre), and I will have to listen to this piece and to pieces from the compositional neighbourhood. Maybe I will take a look into the score, and as soon as I have a first impression or an opinion, I could furthermore go into some musicological literature about this piece. But first steps first...
So that’s what the first steps are - far more thorough than I expected and a lot of work.
Apologies... I didn’t mean to burden you with extra work. I honestly thought you already knew the piece. Take all the time you need, and if it’s not possible, that’s perfectly fine. I’ll take some time to explore more of Dvořák’s music as well, so I can (at the very least) follow your thoughts when you share them.
Here we go...
https://steemit.com/hive146118/@ty-ty/der-dvorak-code-or-the-dvorak-code