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Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote in response to me:
>>If one possibly whats a more safe start however I would say that Beethoven
>>is indubitabely a much more safe start than Boulez.
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>The point I have always made is that there is no such thing as a safe
>choice, that one person's Beethoven is another's Boulez and vice versa.
I disagree that reactions could be the same either way... I can accept
that, on first encounter (and not only to his music, but as first encounter
with CM), someone may fall immediately in love with Boulez... however, I
can more easily imagine (as I count myself of this type), someone first
hearing it and thinking, "What the h***?!"
With a Beethoven or Mozart symphony or concerto, a person may immediately
love, like, remain unmoved, or be bored to tears... but at least they'll
all *get* it... (although, given, some on not as lofty a level as others.)
Albie
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