Mohammed Iqbal wrote:

>Hi...  I want to discuss with you the fact that many people hate classical
>music.  When you ask some of them, you receive answers like: it is a loud
>music that no body understand and feel it and singers are screaming not
>singing.

It is hard to answer this without sounding like a snob and an elitist.  So
let us agree that there is a world of good non-classical music to listen
to, and go from there.

Classical music comes in larger sizes, as it were, not only in length but
also in complexity.  So this requires more of a commitment on the part of
the listener, at a time when much of popular culture is aimed at instant
gratification or at least short takes..

Another reason may be the lack of accessible contemporary classical music.
Other forms of music offer something written this year, and addressing this
year's sensibilities.  There is a good deal of classical music written this
year, but much of it seems rather arcane.  At least it has that aura.

bUT I think that classical music lovers and musicians might do more
to encourage an interest in classical music by learning from the poets.
Robert Pinsky and others have tried to promote an interest in poetry-
apparently with some success.  They have tried to get a lot of people
involved, from all walks of life, reading their favorite poems.  There
have been initiatives to put poetry books in hotel rooms, although I am
not sure how far that has gotten.  Some people will get interested in
classical music if they get a chance to hear more of it.  But classical
music stations are contracting and you rarely here this stuff in elevators
and restaurants.  It is a challenge.

Professor Bernard Chasan
Physics Department, Boston University