Post by guzhenglover on Jan 17, 2007 3:34:49 GMT
I've got the document too and have read it - many thanks utmostvacuity2. I agree with you utmostvacuity2 on your points but have one question - wouldn't you say that music or musical tradition is evolutionary anyway? To me the development of music in a culture is comparable to changes in the language of a culture, and changes are bound to happen whether you or I like it or not. So I'd have thought that it's OK to refer to changes in music "from China" since the late 19th Century still as "Chinese music" (as opposed to "Chinese traditional music" as it's no longer traditional in the sense of the word). Whether or not one likes such music (I mean the "evolved" music) or whether indeed the so-called "evolution/development" is for the better are probably different issues, just as changes in a language may not be really "good" or even "correct" in the eyes of "traditional" grammarians e.g. language teachers yet such changes are inevitable and many would say unstoppable whether we like it or not.
Oh, I should point out that the use of such words as "evolutionary" and "development" is probably not all that correct or true to my view, either, since these words seem to have a positive connotation to them. I think maybe "change(s)" is a more accurate word in talking about the situation as it seems to have neither a positive or negative overtone to it...
Oh, I should point out that the use of such words as "evolutionary" and "development" is probably not all that correct or true to my view, either, since these words seem to have a positive connotation to them. I think maybe "change(s)" is a more accurate word in talking about the situation as it seems to have neither a positive or negative overtone to it...
