Karl Miller wrote:

>But increasingly the Universities are becoming more "corporate" in their
>thinking...again, in an effort to attract outside funding.  I wonder if
>Presley organization would help fund a Symposium on Elvis.  I would have
>no doubt that some corporate support could be found.  I am not down on
>Elvis, but where do you get support for a Symposium on Babbitt?

A few years ago there was a symposium on Babbitt at the Library of
Congress.  I would guess the LoC helped financially.

Musicological symposiums are usually organized at universities, and I
suppose a grant from NEA or NAH may be one of the ways of getting some
money for it.

-Margaret Mikulska