Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 2006/04

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] New pieces for basset-horn
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:43:21 -0400

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Adam Michlin wrote:
> And, just in case anyone thinks that my use of the term second rate is
> pejorative

Whether or not in this context you mean it pejoratively, in general
parlance it is used in this manner. It's better to find another term.

I think it's also worth avoiding terms that suggest an abstract quality
judgement, because attitudes change so much. Spohr was considered an
all-time great, the successor to Beethoven, in his day. Now he's ...
well, I would say "less-well-known".

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