>>20439193cont. A lot of people genuinely like classical music, I do and I like most other types of music too, although I admit it's hard to get into some genres personally. For some that is turbofolk, for some it's classical, for some it's rock. But I have yet to find serious arguments to despise a certain subculture or music.
To finally answer OP question, classical has some difficulties.
-It has this pretentious aura around it but if societal pressure keeps you out of discovering and enjoying stuff, sorry, you're just weak. Sure, it was originally made for the upper classes, but also, most people are just weak.
-It's compositionally complex and mentally taxing. It's hard to listen to for long periods of time and it was not meant to be. It was always made to be exclusive before the abundance of artists and technology.
- It's on the decline because of current societal demographic changes. I think this is what OP was alluding to, Europeans are going extinct and we are the target demographic of classical.
- Huge markets for other music. EDM, Jazz, Rap, all those genres had not only huge marketing pushes in what could be called late capitalism or rather consumerism, but also offered different and in some ways better listening experience in the new age of technology.
But all those genres will probably get reflected by the niche talented musicians by what our grandchildren will call classical.
- Lastly, and this is just my 2 cents, I also think classical mostly went downhill after Wagner into some circlejerk and maybe black metal could be considered as the next classical step, also being the current white people music. A genre that not only idealistically follows thriumphancy and nuance of classical, but also has the capability to move you.
