Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 2004/04

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] [OT] Potter
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:31:07 -0500

At 03:47 PM 3/31/2004 -0500, Buckman, Nancy wrote:
>1812 v K622?
>
>One (admittedly effective) potboiler against one of the greatest
>creations of mankind?
>
>It is only great if some thinks it is great. There are many who don't
>like Mozart's music and love Tchaikovsky's music. You can't speak for the
>rest of the world.

One of the best measures of the greatness of art is "Has it stood the test
of time?" Both of these works pass that test easily.

>Are you predicating your argument on the assumption that Iliad and
>Odyssey are examples of the greatest writing?
>
>The "Iliad and the Odyssey" is a classic piece if literature. It is read
>and discussed in schools and universities around the world. Those are
>facts. Your opinion is just that - your opinion.

These two CERTAINLY pass the test!

So far, Harry Potter is holding up well. I figure anything that excites
kids to READ the way these novels do (and such intimidatingly THICK ones at
that!) deserves all the success it gets!

(He's not really my style, although my wife and daughters are fans. I like
Tom Clancy, John Grisham, and recently finished Dan Brown's outstanding
"The Da Vinci Code."

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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