I don't think the problem with modern classical music is "popification." In fact, I think it's just the opposite- the classical music field has gotten so snooty and progressive that music is no longer accessible to much of anybody outside the field of modern classical music. It's abstruse and elitist and inaccessible- much more so than the classical music of centuries past that is itself difficult for a modern listener to fully appreciate. It's this huge ivory tower, and at the top is a bunch of what sounds to 99% of the population like noise. Who's going to bother? Is it even worth it?
I can't quite dismiss the modern crop of music wholesale, pop or classical, but it does make me sad how classical music has fallen off.
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~Tommeri Uranius Bombaldi the Fourth, esq.
(aka not Krakenprophet)