>>127333742 (OP)
Because rock is an extremely limited form of popular music with a finite amount of instruments and combinations, whereas classical is a thousand year old tradition with hundreds of different subgenres, styles, forms, instruments, etc.
>>127333742 (OP)
Speed of communication media
Life was much slower in the premodern era.
Things have accelerated to dystopian levels in modern life.
Also mass popular culture lives off fads that by definition need to come up with new stuff quickly, they are discarded in just a few years.
>>127333742 (OP)
because classical was the only listenable music that was around for centuries. that plus rock peaked much quicker, no need to stick around when you've already perfected.
>>127333742 (OP)
Time moves faster now because more years have taken place. Ten out of two thousand is way smaller than ten out of fifteen hundred, so a decade means something completely different now.