The Classical Beat – Form and content
“There’s a widespread idea in the general culture that classical music is “smart,” and that it requires a certain amount of knowledge to appreciate. And yet the level on which it’s generally apprehended, as outlined above, is not particularly smart at all.”
via The Classical Beat – Form and content.
I actually don’t agree with a good bit in this article, particularly her use of “form” and “content.” (Then again, even John Cage, in his writings, had a very idiosyncratic understanding of those very terms.) But be that as it may, I think it’s a good assessment and critique of classical music vis-a-vis its audience and society at large.