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Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:02:37 -0700
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William Copper <[log in to unmask]>
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Len Fehskens wrote:

>I know you didn't say this, and may not have implied it, but I am prompted
>to infer that there might, then, be stuff that is part of the canon that
>is not truly worth listening to? That listeners should not waste their
>time listening to so as to broaden their experience of the genre?

Well, sure.  Look how much Dvorak gets played just because some is pretty
good.  Not to mention the worse pieces of better composers than Dvorak.

William Copper
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