Oh shit, I better turn in my union card, I listen to classical music (aaaargh) maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------- Forwarded message: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Henwood) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Multiple recipients of list) Date: 96-09-09 13:15:21 EDT At 9:27 AM 9/9/96, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is especially so since people can >often use "ruling class music" for purposes for which it was not >designed. Classical music has become upscale muzak for sensitive yuppies, an aural marker of "sophisticiation" popular in cafes, boutiques, and Jeep Explorers. Most of the classical canon is a relic of when the bourgeoisie was vital - Adorno said that the Beethoven concerto, with the soloist interplaying with the orchestra, but not dominant as in later Romantic concerti, was the high point of bourgeois individualism. Now products of that high bourgeois moment entertains the higher salariat, but I doubt their minds are much on the subtleties of the sonata form, or soloist-orchestra relations. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
