Ray Osnato wrote:

> Ravi Narasimhan responds to me:
>
>> ...I don't see that there is anything wrong in not liking, in my case,
>>most of Bartok's music.  ...
>
> There is absolutely nothing wrong with not liking Bartok.  Millions
> of people do not.  I think all your friends here on the list are saying,
> myself among them, is that because you do not like him now does not mean
> that you will always dislike him.

I can go along with that.  I don't often change my mind but it has
happened.  Shostakovich started making more sense to me after ~2000. 
I still think Mahler overdid things but look forward to LA Philharmonic
evenings including his symphonies (Disney Hall helps).  As a beginning
piano student, I'm getting to the point where I can play some short
pieces and have enjoyed learning some of Bartok's works.  Next up, a
little Krenek.

I don't think I'll ever grok opera/choral works or the throbbingly
percussive stuff written by so many modernists, though.

--- Ravi

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