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Re: Mahler's Piano Concerto?
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John Proffitt <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:08:58 -0500
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Steven Schwartz wrote he would like to hear "Babes on Broadway" by Milton
Babbitt:

>... I was simply trying to come up with a frivolous title, suitable
>for froth.  Babbitt, high priest of musical hierophantism, for years has
>loved Broadway musicals, Cole Porter especially.  I would like to hear the
>musical Babbitt would write.

Sounds like a form of aural masochism to me, Steve!

John M. Proffitt
General Manager & C.E.O.
Radio Station KUHF-FM

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