A very satisfactory and interesting reply. I do recognize a certain
fraudulence in the way classical music is packaged in our culture. It is
effective because the general knowledge of music and music history is so
pathetic. But to those with a clue the sham is pretty transparent. Sounds
like this
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark Darling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have to say that to suggest that Stockhausen or Cage are the "new"
> standards that should somehow replace older, romantic standards,
> make no sense to me.
In the old avantgarde days they radically replaced romantic
"subject
I have to say that to suggest that Stockhausen or Cage are the "new"
standards that should somehow replace older, romantic standards, make no
sense to me. I don't mean by this to detract from the modernists, but their
accomplishments have not rendered Beethoven, for instance, irrelevant.
Incident
