Jon Gallant <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >What strikes me as most discouraging is NOT that the Metro commuters >failed to notice that the busker was the famous violinist Joshua Bell. >That is just a matter of the celebrity culture crap. No, the saddest >part is that only 0.6% of them stopped for even a minute to listen to >an expert performance of the Bach Chaconne in D minor, one of the >Himalayan pinnacles of serious music. I would like to see someone run a similar experiment featuring some current popular music performer. Would that attract a crowd? I would be most curious. Karl *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html