On 12 Apr 2005 at 10:45, Raymond Horton wrote: > I quote Brahms, mention G_d, and all of a > sudden, I'm Mark Furman or Hitler.
You didn't simply quote Brahms. You quoted him *in an approving manner* making a statement that explicitly excluded non-believers as good composers. The quote asserts that great music can only exist when inspired by God. That's offensive. That's horridly offensive, much like Lieberman's ridiculous comment that all morality comes from religion. You endorsed Brahms's sentiment in the way you posted it, and I reject the sentiment entirely. I can't see how any post-Enlightenment western European could *not* reject it categorically. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
