Of course, there was no "pop music" before19th century, because pop music was middle-class music; Before that, the only way for composers and musicians to make a living was sponsorship. Sponsorship is the support, encouragement, privilege or economic assistance given by one organization or individual to another. In the history of art, art sponsorship refers to the support of musicians, painters and sculptors by kings, popes and rich people. "
Pop music is the product of the redistribution of wealth after the Renaissance, the general rise of the middle class, and the ideological and cultural evolution including printing, individual freedom, nationalism, modern language and religious reform. Pop music can't exist in a world without consumable income, because it is directly related to the public's ability to pay for the music they want-in fact, it is "voting with wallets".
Tired members of the ruling class and educated class have long condemned pop music as vulgar, ignorant and boring. Although serious music historians admit that the word "genius" once appeared in stephen foster's songs, Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, and all the works of george gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker, it seems that this statement has not changed. Broadway musicals are such a type, which has produced several undeniably talented composers and actors.
In the Middle Ages, nobles and churches, big landlords, funded the art of their choice. During the Renaissance, wealth and power were concentrated in cities, forming a new social class-commercial bankers. Because nobles tend to borrow money to do unproductive things, such as conspicuous consumption, gambling, parties and wars, they sometimes default on loans.
When they do this, part of their property will be transferred to wealthy bankers and businessmen. They also set up ostentatious cultural exhibition centers and hired composers, musicians, singers and other artists. /kloc-in the 0/7th century, opera began to appear in the commercial centers of Naples, Florence, Rome and Venice. The founder of the symphony orchestra is Franz Joseph Haydn, who first served in the noble courts of Austria and Bohemia, and later became a wealthy banker in London.
In the19th century, opera, symphony and classical ballet became a cultural form funded by wealth in Europe (later America). Ticket revenue alone-that is, business-cannot support a large number of performers, employees, large concert halls and elaborate sets and costumes. Therefore, they used to rely on donations and donations from the rich to make a living, usually supported by government grants (National Art Foundation) and tax relief (which is a public subsidy). Although millions of people get pleasure from these forms of music, if there is no contribution, the institutions that train them will not exist.
Pop music must earn its own living. Any contemporary classical musician who thinks it is easy to write pop songs welcomes trying and failing (I speak from experience; Although my records were well received, they were not successful financially. Most of my experiences were in the entertainment circle, and I wrote music for another client: companies, advertising companies, television, movies, and stage.
So the problem itself implies a sense of superiority, which has no basis, but excessive self-esteem and general improvement of personal taste. As I pointed out elsewhere, snobbery is never a good thing, but has a long and sad history.