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A good deal of live and recorded music is interpretation, which is why we have a \
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[[strike:A good deal of live and recorded music is interpretation, which is why we have a \\\"Covers\\\" section. It runs both ways; Irving Berlin was a lousy singer, or so I hear, but he\\\'s written some great stuff. It is hard to imagine that someone, especially before the invention of the tape recorder, has written a work that \\\'\\\'no one\\\'\\\' could make a GuiltyPleasure or good version of.]]
[[strike:Also,]] there is the NostalgiaFilter to think of, and what sorts of classical compositions survive. Horrible works will not be passed down by oral tradition, since they will not be tolerated; no work known to be written before musical notation was invented can be Horrible. The modern systems of musical notation and tuning are relatively recent; experts are still trying to figure out how sheet music to works before \\\"The Even-Tempered Clavier\\\" is supposed to be read, since tuning standards used to be different than they are. This means ValuesDissonance.
It used to be that people who tried to preserve works only tried to preserve works that they considered good. Thus, if there are Horrible classical compositions before a certain point, then they are likely only now being dug out of basements and attics or being X-rayed out from under other parchments.
ETA: Struck through parts that I am told are inaccurate.
[[strike:Also,]] there is the NostalgiaFilter to think of, and what sorts of classical compositions survive. Horrible works will not be passed down by oral tradition, since they will not be tolerated; no work known to be written before musical notation was invented can be Horrible. The modern systems of musical notation and tuning are relatively recent; experts are still trying to figure out how sheet music to works before \\\"The Even-Tempered Clavier\\\" is supposed to be read, since tuning standards used to be different than they are. This means ValuesDissonance.
It used to be that people who tried to preserve works only tried to preserve works that they considered good. Thus, if there are Horrible classical compositions before a certain point, then they are likely only now being dug out of basements and attics or being X-rayed out from under other parchments.
ETA: Struck through parts that I am told are inaccurate.
