What would you classify as "middle-brow" classical music works?

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[Keith Edgerley]

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The point about Bolero is that Ravel himself did not look on it as a serious
work of art. It was something to dance to that he turned into a personal
exercise.

As such, it is beyond criticism, or at least cannot be used as a stick with
which to beat the composer or, as I have seen, classical music and classical
music-lovers in general.

Keith Edgerley

[John W. Kennedy]

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The traditional answer would be the complete works of Auber and von
Suppe, the William Tell Overture, and some bleeding chunks torn out of
Wagner.
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[Peter T. Daniels]

On Sep 23, 2:00 pm, "John W. Kennedy" <jwke...@attglobal.net> wrote:
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> The traditional answer would be the complete works of Auber and von
> Suppe, the William Tell Overture, and some bleeding chunks torn out of
> Wagner.

How about, what Arthur Fiedler would program for the Boston Pops?

(Not what John Williams would program. He, at least in the TV version,
mostly did movie music, so I stopped tuning in.)

[lma...@deltastate.edu]

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Stuff you find in the mall music store under Classical . . .

1. Pavarotti Greatest Hits

2. Vivaldi Four Seasons

3. Pachelbel Canon

4. Rhapsody in Blue

[Andrew Schulman]

Pavarotti, depends on which arias. 4 Seasons, yes, overplayed, but
brilliant, as is Gershwin's RIB. Pachelbel, very good piece, but also
overplayed.

Overplayed doesn't mean "middle-brow".

Fire away y'all!

Andrew

[lma...@deltastate.edu]

No, but "middle-brow" means "overplayed," i.e. the vast, unwashed
middle class will find their icons under "Classical" in the FYE's.

By the way, I love the pieces I submitted as "middle brow."