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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Apr 4 06:05:46 PDT 2007


On Apr 3, 2007, at 10:24 PM, Michael J. Smith wrote:


> On Tuesday 03 April 2007 10:09 pm, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>> But punk rock and
>> classical are different, no?
>
> How? Not to be a smartass --but I think we make a lot of
> unexamined assumptions when we talk about this stuff.

With punk rock, you can pick up a guitar and a few months later start a band. Try that with the Well-Tempered Clavier.

Doug



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