There has to be someone in this world that has composed a symphony or sonata, in the classical style. The problem would be interesting anyone in something like that these days. There is not reason that the classical style couldn't be active today in the musical world, its a musical grammar after all that could yield any number of new constructions. The same could be said for any other style that is ignored these days. The problem is, people are so concerned with being innovative, which could mean any number of things.
Does this kind of viewpoint make me a complete and total reactionary? I tend to think of myself as someone interested solely in forms that are now thought to be historical, but I don't see why conservative or radical is relevant in this case. But I'm sure that if I ever get out in the music world, and go to school to study it, I'm going to find a lot of opposition just in this way if I at all advertise this viewpoint. I ultimately would like to, even if just as a hobby, compose some classical sonatas and symphonies. So far I've heard of people inspired by Baroque music, but none that are inspired by CPE Bach, Haydn, W.F. Bach, Clementi, and Mozart.
Does this kind of viewpoint make me a complete and total reactionary? I tend to think of myself as someone interested solely in forms that are now thought to be historical, but I don't see why conservative or radical is relevant in this case. But I'm sure that if I ever get out in the music world, and go to school to study it, I'm going to find a lot of opposition just in this way if I at all advertise this viewpoint. I ultimately would like to, even if just as a hobby, compose some classical sonatas and symphonies. So far I've heard of people inspired by Baroque music, but none that are inspired by CPE Bach, Haydn, W.F. Bach, Clementi, and Mozart.