There’s been lots of noise around Mozart’s 250th birthday…or maybe he died 250 years ago…I forget sometimes. Anyway, I came across this via The Bad Plus’ blog.
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: Celebrate Mozart by ignoring Mozart
As I once wrote, if Mozart were alive today, he’d be dead. If you really want to celebrate Mozart’s world, Mozart’s culture, Mozart’s life, you would ignore the man himself and listen to music by a living composer.