There is an interesting article on line at the religious magazine Insidecatholic.com by its music critic Robert R Reilly, a muisc critic and political conservative. It's called "The Supremacy of Classical Music".
I have been reading Reilly's articles and reviews of new classical cds for some time, and they are excellent ; always very interesting and stimulating, even if I don't always agree with him. I have sent e mailed him and we have had an interesting corespondence. He regularly writes reviews of unusual and intriguing classical works that have been recorded recently.
But I have some problems with his latest article. He means well when describing how magnificent so much classical music is, such as the great religious works of Bach, and that composer's ingenious use of counterpoint, and his descriptions are wonderfully vivid. But when he speaks of the "supremacy" of classical music and dismisses Rock music as mere noise, he may be unwittingly misleading many people who are not familiar with classical music that it is as I have described this misconception of it previously, as stuffy boring and elitist. One person who commented even suggested that the article was racist !
Rock music is not my cup of tea, but Rock fans have every right to love this kind of music, and it's wrong to denigrate it. But at least I've actually heard Rock . Some people may be turned off to classical music before they've even tried it, by reading articles like this.
As I have stated before, one kind of music does not invalidate another. They all have the right to exist, and people should be free to like or dislike whatever they choose. When any person calls classical music "supreme", others people who love other kinds of music are offended. And they will denigrate and dismiss classical music. Can't we all just get along?