I don’t think I’m in the minority when I tell you I don’t listen to ANY symphony or concerto written by any one. As much as that’s good music, it’s not for everyone.
“Most” of the music you don’t like seems like your reasoning to ban EVERYTHING written after 1939. People like you should have your own worship services that will soon enough not be needed as you will have all died off.
Perhaps you could stop pretending that your old fashioned taste is a higher standard, then maybe you could share the joy of worship in music with more than just the elite disciples with good taste.
When I was a kid there weren't so many different styles of music. There really wasn't much "contemporary christian" at all. Rock and Roll was still pretty new. Church music was hymns (christian lyrics with theology in them) often put to popular melodies of the time. And there was country gospel music which was honky tonk music with christian lyrics or a good moral.
Its a different world now as far as music goes. But I believe this with all my heart... whatever style of music we sing when we praise God... our worship in our churches... it should be the best we can do. There is no reason why church music should be second rate. For centuries the best music in the world came from Churches or church musicians.
We're to give our best to the Lord. Our best tithes and offering. Our best worship. Our best obedience. Our best music. Our best lives we can give. Our music in worship services should be excellent and presented to God as the best we can do.
What the hell are you complaining about? You young rockers have already taken over the music programs of most churches and chased out the organs, choirs and hymns.
A teenage girl once was telling me about the mega-church that she attended, and I asked her if it had an organ. She responded with a blank stare, and I realized that she had no idea what an organ was.
To you, that’s just dandy!
My original cut-off date was 1934, when "Jesus Is Always There" by Haldor Lillenas, which to me was the last great hymn ever written, was published. But a friend noted that I was leaving out "God of Love and God of Power" (1939) by Gerald Kennedy/Joachim Neander.
I'm sorry to disappoint you, but those of us who like more traditional music are not dying off. Our new pastor, who is rather young, phased in some classics. He opened one service with "The Church in the Wildwood," and it got such a positive response that he repeated it the next time.