Why don't they compose music like Bach any more?

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10 points·paulpauper··6 comments

Is this surprising? Tastes change over time. My grandfather, born in 1906 was a big fan of Enrico Caruso. I'm sure Caruso was amazing when he was popular, just like Guns & Roses were popular in their heyday, and now no one cares. Time passes, tastes changes. This is life.

The most talented artists of the day tend to work in whatever genre is popular in their era, or create their own to push music forward. They aren't looking to clone music from centuries ago.

Yesterday's identical post:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40994901

With only three comments, that doesn't count as "significant discussion", which means that today's re-posting is not a dupe by HN standards:

See "Are reposts ok?": <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html>

Recent-ish dang comment clarifying further: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37484775>

Not sure pointing out another discussion is a problem. If I were to criticise the post it would be to say is it an HN topic? Might be more suitable on a music discussion.

It's not a problem, nominally, but it is a problem if this leads others to believe that the submission does meet dupelicate criteria.

If I note prior submissions (often because I'd seen the earlier submission in the "New" queue, I'll specifically note whether or not it's a dupe.

Counterpoint has its limits and a good amount of what Bach is remembered for is pushing those limits and moving us beyond counterpoint, composing like Bach is antithetical to who Bach was.

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