"Like all binaries, these overlap: there's a folkish element in almost all classical music - at least, all the classical music that's worth listening to - and every musical element we crown with the term "classical" (counterpoint, formal structure, broadly speaking the "intellectual" layer) is present to some degree in the various folk traditions. These two instincts, which we might as well call Apollonian and Dionysian, create in their eternal dance all art and perhaps all life."
"The binary of "sacred" and "secular" is no less important, no less pervasive, than the "classical" and "folk" binary. It likewise runs through all musical traditions, cutting across the classical world and the folk world, and shares also that binary's overlapping quality. There is always something secular and worldly and human about even the most sacred music; there is always something sacred and transcendent and holy about even the most secular of music."
Music is structured by persistent binaries, most notably classical versus folk, with each side containing elements of the other. The Apollonian impulse of formal structure and counterpoint coexists with the Dionysian impulse of folkish immediacy, producing artistic tension. A separate sacred versus secular binary permeates traditions, with sacred music containing worldly elements and secular music containing transcendent qualities. Performer Aaron Meyer is identified as a Bible-believing Christian and leads a Rock the Holidays tour beginning in Corvallis. Meyer's public persona mixes faith symbols with commercial offerings, including donor-exclusive rye whiskey and limited-edition wine tied to a Concert Rock Academy music education program.
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