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Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I do agree. I think we have to blame several trends and people. The
>first is the educational system, which cut music programs as "frills"
>but kept the football team and the marching band. Consequently, you
>have people with expensive educations who are nevertheless cultural
>ignorami.
Similar to the way Latin is rarely taught in schools anymore, leading
to folks believing that the plural of "ignoramus" is "ignorami".:-)
>You hear more about what a genius Beck is than about what a genius
>Brahms is.
That could just as well be due to the fact that one is alive and the
other is not. A fairer comparison might be Beck vs. Philip Glass, or
John Williams vs. Stephen Foster, say. I'd wager that you hear at least
as much - if not more - in the media about the "genius" of Glass or
Williams than either Beck or Foster (brewskies excepted).
>Brahms. By the way, serious jazz also has a small, neglected audience.
>I've not met all that many people who recognize the name of Ornette
>Coleman or Bud Powell.
Even in Cambridge, MA ... I once ran into a woman with a dog named
Mingus. When I complimented her on the choice of name, she was pleased
that I recognized its significance; she said most people's reaction was
"Mingus? What's that?"
- seb
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