Christopher Webber wrote:
>The true number of people who start from a love of the German B's and
>progress cautiously towards the 21st Century is perhaps about equal to the
>number who start by speaking Latin and then graduate to modern English -
>that is, if they're being honest and not idealising.
While I understand--and even agree--with your basic point, I think this
might be going a bit too far.
What got me into classical music? The movie Amadeus. Really.
--Brian Burtt
(Who, nonetheless, has become a 20th/21st century headbanger. It was very
heartening to have the chance to hear a premiere of a new work by Shchedrin
at the Pittsburgh Symphony last weekend, with the composer in attendance,
and receiving an enthusiastic standing ovation from the audience.)