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March 1, 2006

Sandow on classical music...again

My weblog neighbor, Greg Sandow, has been attempting a bold experiment in publishing -- ''performing'' a book on-line, posting chapters as he writes them for feedback from the world. When he's done, he'll publish it the old-fashioned way.

After some months of wonderful prose and intriguing comments on the future of classical music, Greg has now begun again, starting back at chapter one with a new focus and new approach. He'll be diving into these tiny questions as his writing progresses:

Is the classical music audience getting older? Will it die off, and not be replaced? Can we find a younger audience? And why, exactly, should we be having a classical music crisis? Has our culture degenerated? Is it now too shallow -- too noisy and dumb, too frenetic, too careless -- to support cultivated musical art? Or has classical music just fallen behind the rest of the world, and gotten out of date?

If you missed the first go-around, here's your second chance to witness and participate in a book under construction.

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