James Tobin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Why is it that so many listers are so quick to mention the avant-garde (as
>if it still existed) as the only alternative to the standard repertoire?

Okay, well maybe not just avant-garde...  but you gotta admit that just
about *all* the alternatives stray from the "safe"/traditional *standard
rep style* in at least some direction.  Enough so to make many programmers
and audiences uncomfortable.

Albie