![]() ![]() ![]() The classical music profession deemed itself implicated in Floyd’s death. institution after institution pledged to fight the structural racism that Floyd’s death supposedly represented. Floyd died during an arrest in Minneapolis cell-phone video captured Officer Derek Chauvin (since convicted of murder) keeping his knee on the prone Floyd’s neck and back for nearly eight minutes, while Floyd repeated “I can’t breathe.” Riots against police brutality broke out across the U.S. The crusade began within days of the death of George Floyd in late May 2020. The campaign against classical music is worth examining in some detail, for it reveals the logic that has been turned against nearly every aspect of Western culture over the last year. ![]() Other supposed guardians of Western civilization, whether museum directors, humanities professors, or scientists, have gone AWOL in the face of similar claims, lest they themselves be denounced as racist. Not one leader in the field has defended Western art music against these charges. The canonical repertoire-the product of a centuries-long tradition of musical expression-is allegedly a function of white supremacy. Orchestras and opera companies are said to discriminate against black musicians and composers. Read Part 2 here.Ĭlassical music is under racial attack. ![]() Editor’s note: this story is part of City Journal ’s Summer 2021 print issue and is being published online in two installments. ![]()
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