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Why is there no new classical music?

According to the classical music event database Bachtrack, most popular composers performed are dead. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that no new classical music is made, since the same old conductor names pop up everywhere.

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I believe two factors are at play here:

The democratisation of music

The proliferation of genre

The Democratisation of Music

In its day, classical music was tied in to the main influence structures of society: nobility, and the church. This meant that classical composers who made it in the day were akin to Michael Jackson or The Beatles today. Becoming a part of the influence structures at the time was hugely difficult, and very few had the means to do it. Mozart for example was fortunate enough to be taken round royal courts from a young age along with his sister, almost as a novelty. But through that exposure - along with his talent, a lot of work from his father, and possibly the fact that he was male - he was able to cultivate his talents in front of the influencers that made him a cultural icon of the day. In metaphoric terms, imagine a small X-factor panel decided what was worth sharing, and nothing else got through. That panel was the nobility and the church, and Mozart was Susan Boyle.

The Proliferation of Genre

It's no coincidence that Mozart and Beethoven were around the same time, because classical music for its beauty is a genre based on harmonic rules. Both Mozart and Beethoven had access to the people who not only defined those rules, but expanded upon them (Notably Haydn and Bach). One of the advantages of a set of rules is that you can work within them to make increasingly elaborate and beautiful examples. The reason there was a set of rules ties largely into the church's views on music, but what's important is that they don't apply anymore. Nowadays, you don't simply have a genre of music that's worked on and elaborated. You have tens of thousands. What was once a giant pile of influence is now a thousand little piles. Most genres have what you'd consider their own Mozarts. Some names immediately come to mind if I say say Pop, Country, Progressive Rock, Dubstep, Jazz, Time Lord Rock (Okay maybe not Time Lord Rock). But they're all big fish in smaller ponds. The splitting of a preferred music genre into a thousand smaller genres means that there are a thousand separate rule-sets, and divisions people who love them.

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Some people love Michael Jackson's Music; some hate it. For the ones who hate it there are thousands of other artists and genres.

How can one flavour of composer arise when all tastes are catered for?

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Who was Cornelius Gurlitt?

Gustav Cornelius Gurlitt (10 February 1820 – 17 June 1901) was a German composer. He was a classmate of Carl Reinecke, whose father was head of the Leipzig Conservatory. Gurlitt studied with Reinecke's father for six years.

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German composer

Gustav Cornelius Gurlitt (10 February 1820 – 17 June 1901) was a German composer.[1] He was a classmate of Carl Reinecke, whose father was head of the Leipzig Conservatory. Gurlitt studied with Reinecke's father for six years. His first public appearance at the age of seventeen was well received, and he decided to go to Copenhagen to continue his studies. There he studied organ, piano, and composition under Curlander and Weyse. While in Copenhagen he became acquainted with the Danish composer Niels Gade, and they remained friends until Gade's death. In 1842, Gurlitt moved to Hørsholm, where he resided as organist and music teacher for four years. He then moved to Leipzig, Germany, where Gade was musical director for the Gewandhaus concerts. Gurlitt next traveled to Rome, where his brother, Louis Gurlitt, a well-known painter, was studying. Cornelius Gurlitt's abilities as a musician were quickly recognized in Rome, and the papal Accademia di Santa Cecilia nominated him an honorary member, graduating as a Professor of Music in 1855. While in Rome he also studied painting with excellent results. On his return to Altona, the Duke of Augustenburg engaged him as teacher for three of his daughters. When the Schleswig-Holstein war broke out in 1848, Gurlitt became a military band master. His output was prodigious in quantity and breadth, ranging from songs and teaching pieces to operas, cantatas, and symphonies. He was born in Altona, Schleswig-Holstein and died in Altona.

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