It feels utterly wrong to be comparing Beethoven with Jarre at this level. Somewhat oddly, I don't think you're at all the first person to do this. Either I have amazing deja-vu, or at least one actual reviewer has made this comparison before - not of the pieces, but of the writers.
and who even I will acknowledge probably won't be remembered in a hundred years Nonsense. He won't be remembered in the same way as Beethoven, obviously, but Jarre will definitely be remembered - the man was a pioneer of an entire, huge genre of music. He's not desperately fashionable at the moment, but these things come in waves.
That said, I do loathe Beethoven with a fiery passion. ~g~ So I may not be the best person to comment on this post.
He won't be remembered in the same way as Beethoven
Sorry, yes; that was what I meant to say there, and I agree with you that he will be remembered to some extent.
I do loathe Beethoven with a fiery passion
Oddly, I feel relieved at that; you were one particular person who I was slightly nervous about reading my wafflings, since you write so much about music and seem so knowledgeable and passionate. If we have to agree-to-disagree on the very first line, I suddenly feel safer from being shown to be wrong. I know that's a silly way to feel, but I can't help it :-)
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Somewhat oddly, I don't think you're at all the first person to do this. Either I have amazing deja-vu, or at least one actual reviewer has made this comparison before - not of the pieces, but of the writers.
and who even I will acknowledge probably won't be remembered in a hundred years
Nonsense. He won't be remembered in the same way as Beethoven, obviously, but Jarre will definitely be remembered - the man was a pioneer of an entire, huge genre of music. He's not desperately fashionable at the moment, but these things come in waves.
That said, I do loathe Beethoven with a fiery passion. ~g~ So I may not be the best person to comment on this post.
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Sorry, yes; that was what I meant to say there, and I agree with you that he will be remembered to some extent.
I do loathe Beethoven with a fiery passion
Oddly, I feel relieved at that; you were one particular person who I was slightly nervous about reading my wafflings, since you write so much about music and seem so knowledgeable and passionate. If we have to agree-to-disagree on the very first line, I suddenly feel safer from being shown to be wrong. I know that's a silly way to feel, but I can't help it :-)