Karl Miller:

>Some years ago, one of our ethnomusicology students said..."of course
>the symphony is dead.  (of course Bernstein said that many years ago)
>It has no relevance to our society." While I would like to think it
>should be relevant.  I wonder if there will be enough who do find it
>relevant to provide the money to keep it going.  For me...there are times
>when I think it is only through the recording that we will preserve this
>"irrelevant" art form.

We should make a list of recent symphonies which demonstrate that the
reports of the symphony's demise are exaggerated, A few that come to
mind going back to 1990 arbitrarily:

   Holmboe: last few
   Norgard Third Symphony
   Ruders  Second Symphony
   Schnittke Eighth Symphony

Bernard Chasan