[lbo-talk] The Death of Classical Music (da capo, con, brio)

[Colin Brace]

On 4/3/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 3, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>
> > Classical music's keepers haven't done a very good job of
> > engaging with people for some time.  You're supposed to like
> > classical music because it's good for you?  That's not a very
> > inviting reason.
>
> What's better? I grew up enchanted by that old ham Leonard
> Bernstein's TV shows. You mean that sort of thing?

My taste for opera was seeded in part to exposure as a kid to Gilbert
& Sullivan and The Magic Flute.  I don't remember it tasting
particularly medicinal.

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  Colin Brace

  Amsterdam