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

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