> It means that most mortals who want to listen to Bach or Brahms or
> Boulez have to do so on recording, since performances are rare and
> expensive, and they can't play it themselves without years of study.
And they want it when they want it, of course. Like any other commodity.
Seriously, I wonder about this huge pent-up demand for any three B's you care to name among people who don't live in a metro area or can't afford to go hear it done live. Who are these people? Where do they live? And more to the point, why do they live there?
-- --Michael J. Smith --mjs at smithbowen.net
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