On Apr 11, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 11 Apr 2005, at 5:17 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PS - I don't care if he belived that only crosseyed franciscan monks with eleven toes made the best composers
Well, neither do I, when it comes to his music, but being a good composer doesn't mean you're necessarily a good judge of what makes a good composer.
Come now, in the quoted comment, Brahms was full of shit, and since Raymond Horton nonetheless quoted him approvingly, David was quite right to call him out on that.
If Brahms had said "No Jew has ever been or will be a great composer" or "No African has ever been or will be a great composer" or "No woman has ever been or will be a great composer" I would sincerely hope that it would be relatively uncontroversial to point out that he was completely full of shit.
"There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper."
Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
Is she full of shit, too? Because she is essentially saying what you claimed would be indefensible sexism.
Not that I necessarily support any of the claims made so far. I just want to know.
Christopher
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