On 12 Apr 2005, at 12:26 AM, keith helgesen wrote:
The next step is Catholics compose better than Muslims or Protestants or
Salvos or Hindus or--- Aaaaaaargh!
Composers are subject to the same irrational prejudices as everyone else. Many of them have, sadly, been making exactly this kind of bigoted assertion for centuries, and the Brahms quote Raymond Horton cited was precisely in that tradition of irrational bigotry -- so it's hardly surprising that such a citation might offend the secularists on this list (many of whom, it should go without saying, happen to be composers themselves).
If Mr. Horton had approvingly quoted Wagner's anti-Semitic writings, I really, really, really hope no one here would think David Fenton was out of line for pointing out the obvious -- "Wagner was full of shit."
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
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