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I sometimes wonder what it would have sounded like with Mozart (or Beethoven, or some of the other giants) conducting/performing their work. Would it be similar to today?
A composer/orchestrator/arranger/violinist cousin o'mine is as comfortable touring with hip-hoppers as he is arranging and playing for folk singers , rock bands, or major symphony orchestras. I believe that Mozart and Beethoven would take to electric instruments like ducks to water. Think Emerson Lake & Palmer or Pink Floyd with full orchestras.
Like you, it's heartening for me to see lots of teenagers at shows by the many Grateful Dead cover bands, and popular musicians like John Mayer and Billy Strings taking the catalog to heart (as opposed to the last Sting/Paul Simon tour we attended. Don't get me wrong... it was a great show, but the audience was a sea of grey.)
