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   Skaly (They/Them) (skaly@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 09:20:10 JST Skaly (They/Them)

   Often people say "your music is art" when they compliment a great musician. But how did we get here? Do people largely not believe that music is art? I can't imagine someone looking at a great painting saying "this painting is art" as a compliment to the painter, so why is that a thing for musicians?
   #music #musicians #musician #art #artist

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 09:20:09 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @skaly I think this speaks to a very old division in music. Music has, for a very long time, had a "high culture / low culture" split. Beethoven was an "artist"; the first person to sing "The Star Of The County Down" wasn't. This carries over into the present day, where popular music has had a "trivial / serious" split, with various pop musicians ascending to "art" status. For a long time, being played by a symphony was proof you, the pop musician, had an artistic career 1/2

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Friday, 24-Mar-2023 09:21:44 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @skaly You see this in other places, too. Consider how people will call a particularly well-crafted piece of furniture "a work of art", but a sculpture is just presumed to be art, even if it's nothing amazing. Of course, that means it's a long-tail echo of classism and elitism. 2/2