In 2012, I was honestly surprised to find out that the video to a pop song by some Korean guy beat all possible records and broke YouTube’s views counter exceeding its limits. Of course, pop music’s feature is its massive character, it’s meant to be popular worldwide and cover the widest range of audience.
Classical music, unlike Pop, is a much narrower sphere aimed at the limited audience. No matter how beautiful classics are, tastes differ and the crowd prefers what’s mainstream.
In this regard, my big pleasure was to find out that a few days ago one of the most well-known classical masterpieces – Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” – became another ‘YouTube star’ by passing the 100 mln views milestone. Isn’t it great that a huge music work like that is in the row of videos most viewed by the people? Could Vivaldi imagine something like that back in 1725 when his set of four concerti was premiered in Amsterdam? It still far from Psy’s Gangnam Style’s 2,6 bln views yet but I think it’s already an important sign.
I sincerely hope that classical music will become more popular among the young people of today.
Classical music, unlike Pop, is a much narrower sphere aimed at the limited audience. No matter how beautiful classics are, tastes differ and the crowd prefers what’s mainstream.
In this regard, my big pleasure was to find out that a few days ago one of the most well-known classical masterpieces – Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” – became another ‘YouTube star’ by passing the 100 mln views milestone. Isn’t it great that a huge music work like that is in the row of videos most viewed by the people? Could Vivaldi imagine something like that back in 1725 when his set of four concerti was premiered in Amsterdam? It still far from Psy’s Gangnam Style’s 2,6 bln views yet but I think it’s already an important sign.
I sincerely hope that classical music will become more popular among the young people of today.
