Ed Zubrow writes:
>But I think we should not forget that musical merit is derived from a
>composer's creative effort to speak to the historical and social issues
>of existence in his/her time.
I have been reading Peter Kivy's "Only Music". You seem to be saying that
music that does not "speak to the historical and social issues" of his/her
time (and Kivy would argue that much of the greatest music is such) is
without merit?
len.