Roger Hecht <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>As Christopher pointed out, the mindset you bring to a recording can
>influence you greatly.

As one of my teachers, Dika Newlin said our aesthetics class, "it might
be much better if we did not hand out programs at concerts." Perhaps
then we might listen with less prejudice.

Karl

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