Klarinet Archive - Posting 000948.txt from 2000/06

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Despised music?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:04:48 -0400

Dear Alan C-T,
Are you claiming that no music is "better" (whatever that may be taken to
mean) than any other music? I don't think this claim makes sense for any
art form. I agree with you about the language.
Roger S.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Alan Campbell-Thompson wrote:

> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:57:08 +0200
> From: Alan Campbell-Thompson <Campbell@-----.ZA>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Despised music?
>
> It is unfortunate that so many people mistake their personal dislikes for
> inadequacy in the music. Is it not enough to claim a dislike without
> subjective and 'universally' evaluative comments like 'stunk', junk',
> boring' etc as if this was the final word? Sting has commented that there is
> no bad music, only bad musicians, and keeping this in mind would dispense
> with a lot of the musical prejudice that almost denies disliked music (and
> musicians) the right to exist. Can you imagine the reaction from such people
> (I hesitate to use the word 'musicians', as a musician should be open to new
> ideas, different angles) if someone were to criticise their cherished
> favourites in the same way?
>
> Allan Thompson
> Head of Woodwind
> St. John's College
> South Africa
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JMarioneau@-----.com]
> Sent: 22 June 2000 11:41
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Despised music?
>
> I have seen two of Phillip Glass's operas and they both stunk as far
> as I am
> concerned. I had much sympathy for the poor orchestra having to
> play that
> mess, and I was just glad it wasn't me. What boring junk. The
> worst piece I
> have ever heard is a little piece for band called "Ginger Marmalade"
> by
> Warren Benson. Some of Benson's music is fine, but this one is a
> real dud.
> Of course some pieces of music are more boring to listen to than to
> play and
> vice versa.
> James Marioneaux
>
>
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