In a recent New Republic, Richard Taruskin reviews three new books about the prolonged dying throes of classical music in USA culture. A short excerpt to whet your appetites is below. The whole article (starting at page 1) is at: http://www.tnr.com/story.html?id=f3839c75-3724-4154-adc4-e0638e30448a&p=1 Jon Gallant Department of Gnome Sciences University of Washington *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html