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