Richard Pennycuick replies to me replying to Don...

>>Here's an idea.  Why don't you define what you mean by "classical
>>music" and I'll tell you if I love it or just like it ;-)
>
>I've been following with increasing irritation the tortuous paths this
>thread has taken.  If Bill says Andrew Lloyd Webber writes classical music
>and I say he doesn't, and if I say Jacques Loussier's Play Bach records
>are classical music and Bill says they're not, then we have no agreed
>definition.  ...  But let's accept for the sake of argument that we did,
>have we achieved anything worthwhile?

Well of course I was being a bit tonge and cheek with Don, since we
just had a thread about CM vs. Popular music where we could not reach
agreement.  I agree that we have beat this to death but I think that we
have achieved something worthwhile.  This list, like all others, has people
whose ideas are fixed and unchangeable and that's fine, especially about
art.  But there are some on the list who are still fixing their ideas and
any input is useful, especially input that discusses both sides of the
issue.  I think and hope that some folks have gotten some things to think
about.

Bill Pirkle