Klarinet Archive - Posting 000222.txt from 1998/01

From: "maybe Starr,maybe John" <starrs@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Is Vienna Right?
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:18:26 -0500

Just one more reminder that Hitler was born in Austria.

Regards,
Starr
>
> 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.'
> >Bill Hausmann wrote:
> 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.