I agree totally.
Dean
On Feb 1, 2005, at 2:28 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
Can one imagine the world needing a pejorative term for someone who
still has the temerity to profess pleasure upon hearing Bach or
Beethoven? Paint me ein Alter Mann.
Dean
Well there may not be a pejorative term for someone who likes the
music of his/her own times, but very often I've heard people speak
with disdain when they say "Oh, you like MODERN music? I'm sorry."
What we don't need are pejorative terms to put anybody down who likes
any music. We also don't need, however, people who close their ears
to any music outside of specific periods, composers or artists and who
de facto hate any other music.
I once knew a man who frequently declared that music had died with
Mozart. All the while he played in a concert band and loved it,
playing all sorts of music which was written long after Mozart had
died. But try to put an orchestral work by Holst or Stravinsky on the
radio and he would start swearing about all this modern music.
The musical world has no need for close-minded people.
--
David H. Bailey
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I know what public school music has done for me. I have witnessed the
journey it has provided my daughter and hundreds of other students I
have been fortunate enough to teach. I am both amazed and outraged that
there are those who would knowingly disenfranchise generations of
humans by excising the practice and inculcation of an entire heritage
from our children’s curricula.
Dean M. Estabrook
Retired Church Musician
Composer, Arranger
Adjudicator
Amateur Golfer
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