Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Jan 12, 2007, at 7:03 AM, dhbailey wrote:
The band world learned this lesson and continues to support composers
writing today for today's audiences. Why can't the orchestral, choral
and keyboard worlds learn the same lessons?
Straw man. Try this Saturday's opera broadcast.
I can't -- it doesn't make it out here to the sticks. But I take your
point. How about last Saturday's opera? Next Saturday's opera? How
many in total are from our own era and how many are being staged from
the past?
Compare that to the opera houses in Mozart's time -- how many operas
from earlier times were being staged?
The ratio of historical music to contemporary music is hugely in favor
of historical music in opera houses and in orchestral concert halls.
How does that compare to the programming of Mozart's time?
I don't see why my comment is a Straw Man.
The band world's ratio of programming is practically diametrically
opposite to the orchestral world.
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David H. Bailey
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