Is classical music really better than popular music?

[Kromme]

Ahahaha...Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his aphorisms...He also uses them in his ways of performing and no matter how people thinks he is he never cares and continues on the way he feels best.I respect the man a lot but he is sometimes ridiculously know-it-all.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Hi Kromme,

WOW!!! You and I share the same opinion about Harnoncourt - he is a wonderful interpreter but at times I feel he goes overboard with his aphorisms.

Cheers,

CD

 

[methodistgirl]

Folk music is what people play locally for their own entertainment.
However, folk music like Irish, Israelian,or even bluegrass can be
classic. Take polkas for example; Strouse who wrote classics as
Blue Danube and Roses From the South also wrote polkas and
polkas are played in that part of Germany as folk music.
judy tooley