Beethovan was an entrepreneur

[John Halle]

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> 
>> Intriguing how those who claim to view market forces with such
>> skepticism uncritically reflect these in their tastes in music.
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> If you tried to confine yourself to music not
> in the market , you wouldn't be able to listen to any good music.  

Have you tried?


> Beethovan was an entrepreneur.

Any evidence for this bizarre claim, or was this posting really supposed
to go to alt.fan.milton.friedman?


> 
> Anyway, "criticality" is not the main standard with music. That is
> sort of a stuffy intellectual standard. 


>Music is about dancing and partying and escaping 

One can be sure that at least one nineteenth century
activist/scholar/music lover would have this debased characterization of
"what music is about" troubling, to say the least. 

Would be nice to have an intelligent response to the above point.  Still
waiting.

John