Bob Draper wrote concerning Haydn:
>He was the first person to write operas with accelerated finales...
That's probably because he knew that the audience wanted to get out
of there already and go home.
>I predict that by the Haydn bicentenary 2009 we will witness a new
>world CM order.
That could well happen. But, I doubt that either Mozart or Haydn will
hold a high place in that new order. My money's on Tan Dun, and that's a
sad commentary to reflect on. Actually, I forsee a world order controlled
by global corporations with Tan Dun as the "corporate" music man. I don't
blame the corporate world. So-called representative government hasn't done
its job and will eventually abdicate control. I think the corporations are
salivating in anticipation.
Don Satz
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