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Kevin Sutton:
>>But then, is it any worse than the conversation, audience seating, etc.,
>>which too often occurs between movements? The Aspen Music Festival no
>>longer seats late-comers between movements -- only between different
>>works.
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>It's no worse, but it should not be tolerated. I am afraid that I
>simply cannot subscribe to the lowest-common-denominator-let's-not-
>offend-any-paying-patron approach to serious music. After all, it
>is serious music, not popular, and a certain standard of decorum and
>etiquette should be observed.
Not even between works? I'm sorry, but we're not in church, and
even churches allow late seating. I think the standard should be
that listeners not be interrupted in their listening. I don't see
how seating someone between works violates that.
Let's not take music *that* seriously. It's there to be enjoyed (or
not).
Steve Schwartz
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