Not everyone goes to live theatre, such as opera or symphonies, but most people watch movies, or play video games nowadays.
And the symphonies that are most popular, are the "Pops" kind. Hell, I used to have a set of 8 track tapes (ahem, yep) with "150 Popular Classics" that was all classical music that one would recognize from somewhere - Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, The Lone Ranger, the Speedy Muffler ad, etc. I don't think that particular collection survived digitization.
Popularizing, maybe.
Not everyone goes to live theatre, such as opera or symphonies, but most people watch movies, or play video games nowadays.
And the symphonies that are most popular, are the "Pops" kind. Hell, I used to have a set of 8 track tapes (ahem, yep) with "150 Popular Classics" that was all classical music that one would recognize from somewhere - Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies, The Lone Ranger, the Speedy Muffler ad, etc. I don't think that particular collection survived digitization.