Hi James, > When you are a 'grandfather' you will know the answer because the 'good' > stuff of today will still be around or known and the 'bad' stuff will not (or > rather it will be 'somewhere' but everyone will have forgotten about it).
Yes, the Sieve of Time is a powerful arbiter of taste. =) > We are exposed to more good and bad stuff than ever before. Agreed. And I think this increased exposure is a good thing, in and of itself. > That's not to say that I think that all the classical literature (for > example) that is still available and didn't die and disappear after its first > publication, is 'good' but I do believe it is 'probably, more than likely' > better than the stuff that didn't survive or is no longer available. There must be examples in both directions, of course: "bad stuff" surviving (even thriving!), and "good stuff" disappearing. Cheers, Kieren. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
