I read the review in the Washington Post. Shakespeare and the opera used to be enjoyed by the masses. Shakespeare began to be made to be something for the sophisticated and symphony orchestras, endowed by the rich, became the music for the educated. Here is one report from a German visitor: 18: In 1882, a German traveller, Karl Knortz wrote: "there is, assuredly, no country on earth in which Shakespeare and the Bible are held in such general high esteem as in America, the very country so much decried for its lust for money. If you were to enter an isolated log cabin in the far west and even if it's inhabitant were to exhibit many of the traces of backwoods living, he will most likely have one small room nicely furnished in which to spend his few leisure hours and in which you will certainly find a Bible and in most cases also some cheap editions of the works of the poet Shakespeare."
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
