About the PBS Great Composers series, MArk Shanks writes:

>What the heck - it beats yet ANOTHER cooking show, British mystery, nature
>special on bugs, Frontline investigation on toll-road garage rip-offs,
>John Tesh/Yanni music-a-thon, or episode of "Are You Being Served".  All
>I can add is that I will watch the first installment before passing any
>judgement, but I think we should be grateful for ANY exposure, given the
>history of extreme neglect so far.

You are on target. I think that people are at long last are pointing out
that the PBS emperors no longer have clothes, Tesh/Yanni clinches it.

>I DO have trouble with the remark that "For some time now, the canon of
>Western classical music has not defined what is musically best and most
>prestigious." I simply don't know what to make of it.  It sounds as though
>Mr. Horowitz is picking a fight, but with whom?

Mr. Horowitz will have some agenda, some ax to grind, some bone to pick.
He can be as portentous as he likes, but folks in this group (we happy
few!!!) make their own judgments.

Regards, B Chasan