Stirling Newberry wrote:

>"Accessibility" is, as I pointed out, a buzzword.  It is a word that is
>used by one group of people - primarily followers of tonal or minimalist
>composers - to describe what they feel is lacking in music they don't like.
>However rather than coming out and saying it, they wrap it in a word which
>they can use in their political in fighting.

Actually, "accessibility", with all due respect, may be a buzzword to you,
but to me it means the usual.  As a matter of fact, even though I share
the same small piece of planet with you, here in the cultural hub of the
universe, you are the only person I've ever encountered who rails against
this particular "group." Naive me.

I don't think it's quite fair of you to jump up and down and froth like
that over poor innocents like us who just consult the dictionary and not
the rules according to Stirling.

>The raging, buzzing, flurry of words - from the usual suspects I might add
>- that enters in after my comment is, to any reasonable observer, proof of
>the original observation.  This is not about music, it is about musical
>politics and who can push who out.

Um, I have seen more raging from you than anyone else.

There is room for everyone here.

Mimi Ezust <[log in to unmask]>