[contextly_auto_sidebar id="5nBcUoGIheS273PWwhCDYtux2AmfpHYR"] In my last post I said that I’m now not happy talking about the decline of classical music. That post was a striking anecdotal report about falling ticket sales at European music festivals, which in the past I would have offered as evidence of decline. But now, as I said, I’d rather say that classical music is changing. Changing, not fading. Not declining. And certainly not dying. Still, the fading of the old ways — though not classical music itself — is worth chronicling. … [Read more...]