Unless, perhaps, one is trying to keep, say, a symphony orchestra in business. It may be that a line has to be walked between educating one's audience and providing enough literature within their comfort zone to keep them coming to concerts. It does no one any good to play Schoenberg to an empty house.

Dean

On Jan 27, 2006, at 2:34 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:


As to people who *do* resist anything but the familiar, I say forget
them -- let them rot listening to the same old music played the same
old way over and over again. They're mostly all nearly dead already.

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David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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