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Christopher Rosevear wrote:
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>>Is there any reason to believe that the person would start by preferring
>>the earlier composer and work him or herself up to the later ones?
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>I believe there is. Not so much preferring, as finding easier to digest.
>A baby finds a puree of pre-enzymed (semi-digested) material easier to
>absorb than rognons flambes.
Actually, I believe it is such assumptions about what music a new listener
may or may not like that leads to boring programing.
For example, I was listening to an organ work by Olivier Messiaen
(Outbursts of Joy). My non-musical husband enters the room. I asked him
if he liked the music playing. He listened a minute and said, "Yes, very
much." He was drawn to the rhythmic intensity. (This is a person who can't
tell Bach from Beethoven - literally!)
I find great value in asking others what their favorite and least favorite
of the program was and why. I have found no rhyme or reason to the
preferences, which are broad and varied. As a performer I attempt to play
a wide variety of music and educate when I can.
Terri Henneke
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