当今的音乐爱好者,想必都知道在严肃音乐和轻音乐欣赏问题上发生的争论。那些热爱古典音乐的人,往往对流行音乐嗤之以鼻、不屑一顾;而嗜好摇滚音乐和流行音乐者,却又把古典音乐的听众视为时代的弃儿,不予理睬。这似乎是一场青年和长辈之间的争论。实际上,事情并非如此简单。这里涉及到传统和概念的问题。一般地说,所谓严肃音乐,就是指那些巴赫、贝多芬和莫扎特崇拜者通常喜欢听的音乐;所谓轻音乐,则是指象阿巴、法兰克扎巴(注:西德著名轻音乐乐队)这种嘭嘭嘭的新潮流音乐。现在,人们把这两种类型的音乐当作了区别人的年龄大小、趣味欣赏水平高低的标记:听严肃音乐象征一个人讲究古典文化的修养,爱好轻音乐则标志着一个人提倡适应时代的变化。初看起来,轻音乐和严肃音乐似乎是泾渭分明,然而须知这两 Today’s music lover, surely knows the controversy over serious music and light music appreciation. Those who love classical music often scoff at pop music and disdain them; while hobby rock musicians and pop musicians ignore the audience of classical music as abandoned children of the times. This seems to be a debate between young people and elders. In fact, things are not so simple. Here are the issues of tradition and concept. Generally speaking, the so-called serious music refers to the music that Bach, Beethoven and Mozart admirers usually like to listen to; the so-called light music refers to the like Abba, Franz Zabab (Note: West Germany’s famous light music band)嘭 嘭 new trend music. Nowadays, people regard these two types of music as distinguishing people’s age. They appreciate the level of taste and interest. Listening to the serious music symbolizes that a person pays attention to the training of classical culture, while the love of light music marks a person’s advocacy of adapting to the changing times . At first glance, light music and serious music seem to be quite different, but be aware of both