David W. Fenton wrote:
On 2 Oct 2002 at 21:53, David H. Bailey wrote:
Heck, Mozart had to be the soloist to earn most of his
commissions! . . .
???
He ran his own concerts as soloist and made money in his first few
seasons and barely broke even after that. He was, of course, the
Classical music: Why bother?
A composer and Harvard professor wonders whether his craft has been
left behind by a world with no patience for Great Art.
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By Joshua Fineberg
Oct. 2, 2002 | If recruiting for composers were done in the want
ads, nobody in their
At 08:39 PM 10/2/02 -0400, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Classical music: Why bother?
Already getting started on the Gimik list and the CECDiscuss list. :)
Should have interesting responses.
I don't know the guy -- supposedly he's here in New England -- but that's
not unusual. There are a lot of
Just from what I read of the bit you quoted, it seems as if he thinks
that back in the days when classical music was THE music, (like when
Haydn and Mozart and Salieri and Beethoven and even earlier, in the
baroque) that everyone who wanted to compose got a job and earned their
keep from
