Denis Fodor: >The Received Canon in classical music is at most only as exclusive as >is the canon of the bible. You're free to listen and enjoy Nono just as >you're free to read the Apocrypha--or John leCarre. But if you want to >know the Christian or Jewish scriptures you're really obliged to get to >know the canon. NOW I understand. RC simply reports a cultural fact. We may praise or deplore the fact (both of which are a waste of time), if we like. Unfortunately, there are those who point to this RC to advance certain untenable propositions about music itself. I've been writing against that. Steve Schwartz