Bernard Gregoire wrote:

>Singer/composer Billy Joel appeared on Charley Rose' interview show late
>last week and commented on classical music in the context of a typical
>music listener.  In effect he put the knock on classical listeners as too
>elitist and out of reach for ordinary mortals.

I suppose, given the aesthetic of these times, but was it always this way?
Were the Toscanini/NBC Symphony broadcasts considered that "elitist"?

>He called us too nerdy, technical and arcane to paraphrase his descriptions.
>Ordinary listeners are put off by too much insider discussions with key
>signatures and opus numbers, etc.

IMO, a rap that's true often enough!  But in the end, I don't worry too
much about it.

Bill H.