Is any music produced today, or any building built today, or book written, something that will still be loved in 200 years, like Mozart's 40th Symphony, St. Paul's or Ivanhoe?
It seems that modernity is incapable of producing anything good. And obviously, I know that only the good stuff from 200 years ago survived, but somehow, I don't see the Sydney Opera House being loved 200 years from now, or anything really.
It’s imperfect, certainly, but I can assure you, going to a concert in there, listening to the organ and choir in the big cavernous space, and then, at interval, walking up to view the most iconic view in the entire city..? Yeah, it’s not bad.
Should it have been built? Probably not. Is it a bit dated inside? Arguably. But it’s probably one of the best things this country has produced since the 60s, tbh…
Better than the fucking Melbourne Recital Centre and the Adelaide Festival Hall, anyway, lol… Those, certainly, won’t be remembered…
The Sydney Opera House will have rotted away in less than 100 due to it being built with modern cement and rebar. It will basically have to be rebuilt several times over just to exist.
I think some jazz is going to be loved for a long time, mostly from around 1955-1965, give or take a few years. Some interesting stuff came out of that time and there is a lot of classical and baroque influence on it. A few Disney themes were turned in to jazz standards around then, too. "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "Alice in Wonderland" for example. I think those movies will be loved and remembered and possibly carry the music with them.
Is any music produced today, or any building built today, or book written, something that will still be loved in 200 years, like Mozart's 40th Symphony, St. Paul's or Ivanhoe?
It seems that modernity is incapable of producing anything good. And obviously, I know that only the good stuff from 200 years ago survived, but somehow, I don't see the Sydney Opera House being loved 200 years from now, or anything really.
Disagree about the Opera House…
It’s imperfect, certainly, but I can assure you, going to a concert in there, listening to the organ and choir in the big cavernous space, and then, at interval, walking up to view the most iconic view in the entire city..? Yeah, it’s not bad.
Should it have been built? Probably not. Is it a bit dated inside? Arguably. But it’s probably one of the best things this country has produced since the 60s, tbh…
Better than the fucking Melbourne Recital Centre and the Adelaide Festival Hall, anyway, lol… Those, certainly, won’t be remembered…
The Sydney Opera House will have rotted away in less than 100 due to it being built with modern cement and rebar. It will basically have to be rebuilt several times over just to exist.
Today today, or in modern times?
I think some jazz is going to be loved for a long time, mostly from around 1955-1965, give or take a few years. Some interesting stuff came out of that time and there is a lot of classical and baroque influence on it. A few Disney themes were turned in to jazz standards around then, too. "Someday My Prince Will Come" and "Alice in Wonderland" for example. I think those movies will be loved and remembered and possibly carry the music with them.
As far as architecture, fuck no.