Klarinet Archive - Posting 000199.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Is Vienna Right?
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:18:04 -0500

At 03:30 PM 1/4/98 -0500, Robert Winston wrote:
>Is there a case to made for cultual consistency in music making? Are the VPO
>musicians bigots or conservators of a unique musical culture? Can a musical
>argument, as opposed to an employment rights case, be made for 'white men
>playing white music for white audiences.'
>
They are bigots who THINK of themselves as conservators. The Ku Klux Klan
view themselves the same way. Especially today, with widespread travel and
readily available recordings, familiarity with and enjoyment of Viennese
musical tradition is hardly exclusive to white male Austrians.

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