Klarinet Archive - Posting 000743.txt from 2001/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Jeering about Cage
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:00:11 -0400

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From: "Ann H Satterfield" <annhsatt@-----.com>

> Not that there aren't scam-masters in the arts.

In the realm of music: Such as, and why do you feel they are?

And just what the heck is a scam in the world of "music"? In the "hard" arts
a forgery may be a scam if it is intended to deceive for profit, since
there's physical ownership involved, but is a forgery in music (such as a
composer putting another's name on a piece) a scam, forgery, or a smart PR
move? Or all the above? especially if it's good (or saleable or some such
other thing)?

I have trouble defining what I consider scam artists, even though I believe
there are such people. But I don't know who and what - or why. Just because
I don't like a lot of the contemporary pieces I hear doesn't _make_ them
"scams", though I may think so at the time I hear them.

Mark C.

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