Jon Johanning writes:

>the typical (or at least frequent) experience is that those
>who start listening as adolescents come to enjoy a wider range of music as
>they mature, and at any rate it is very common to appreciate 4-5 centuries
>worth of music, and to learn how to appreciate previously scorned composers
>from other CM lovers, as happens all the time on this list.

I wonder if this says mroe about the listeners than the music -- that
people attracted to classical music at an early age end up being a bit
more open minded?

len.