RE: An Israelite Odyssey - Review of Koby Israelite's "Dance of

[R.A.S. <richards...>]

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On 04/05/2003 at 18:25 Seth Rogovoy wrote:

>> > Why is "genre classification" silly?
>> 
>> Because it forces listeners to 'pgeonhole' music based on 
>> their expectations.
>
>Are there no such things as musical genres?

There are indeed, and they do have their uses, to be sure, and can be
convenient. But they are, by their nature, rather narrow definitions and
from an artistic POV rarely make too much sense. Much great music just
cannot be confined by such small compartmentalisation. Great minds won't be
confined, period. "Pidgeonholing" may be convenient in some contexts, but
often great music just won't conveniently fit, and then it's the
pidgeonhole concept that ends up looking rather silly.


Richard
"Renaissance Man"


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