Klarinet Archive - Posting 000704.txt from 2004/10

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Appealing to the superficial
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 16:10:37 -0400

On 24 Oct, Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com> wrote:

> 1. I would not consider putting a beat to K622 sacrilegious. This does not
> mean that I would do so or even musically appreciate someone else doing so.
>
> 2. I would *consider* doing so if I thought it might help a kid come to
> appreciate Mozart.
>
> If your point is that doing so would and could never help at least one kid
> come to appreciate Mozart, then we will simply have to agree to disagree.

Yes, I think that it wouldn't help even one kid to come to 'appreciate
Mozart'.

Given what you say, I don't get the impression that you have a clear idea of
what it means for a kid to appreciate Mozart.

Actually, I don't think you even understand what is *important* about Mozart
-- or, dare I say it, what is important about kids.

Of course, I may be wrong. But that is my impression from what you have
posted here.

> To say "it doesn't really matter if they don't [come to appreciate Mozart]"
> is a particularly ironic statement coming from a soloist who just had his
> rendition (which, quite unfortunately, I missed) of K622 broadcast on the
> BBC. Was this broadcast truly only intended for those who already
> appreciate Mozart? If so, why are so many non-appreciative people paying
> taxes and license fees to support these BBC broadcasts? Apparently, the
> British Government and enough of the population think it matters.

There are many other musical things that people may appreciate other than
Mozart. I do play Mozart, and these other things too.

Tony
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