Klarinet Archive - Posting 000011.txt from 1997/09

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: you call that music?
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:34:50 -0400

On Sun, 31 Aug 1997, the Grouch wrote:

> I'm not qualified to express an opinion, but have heard that Liberace was
> actually very skilled. And that in addition to that, had figured out what
> was popular and would get him a great deal of money.

Liberace had a great deal of technique at one time, but neither that nor
the amount of popularity he gained or how much money he made has anything
to do with quality (or lack of it) in the music he played, or with the
fact that he had no musical taste or discrimination.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu