Kyle Major writes:

>...  Some listen to Chopin to help them fall asleep, or Vivaldi while they
>are folding clothes.

Or Mozart whilst watching paint dry.

>Anyway, I think that coming to terms with more modern music demands
>exposure to it...plain and simple.  ...

You are correct in suggesting exposure is very important.  One's boundaries
of acceptability expand as one is exposed to more and more on the periphery
of ones current tastes.  So yes a radio station can do something here.

It has been shown though that children brought up with 20c music have no
problem with it at all later in life.  One might even ask if the liking of
tonality is an aquired trait.

>And please, don't get me wrong--I love common practice period stuff too.
>But even in classical and romantic music there are lesser known (well,
>lesser known to the general public, but probably well known on this list)
>masterpieces that could be explored.

I have already said that the two UK classical radio stations (yes that's
all we've got) are far too conservative in what they play.  We must
encourage people to explore for themselves as each person's musical tastes
are different.  We won't do that with wall to wall Mozart, Tchaikovsky and
(yes) Haydn.

Bob Draper  ......  Justice for Haydn
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