Klarinet Archive - Posting 000036.txt from 2009/01

From: James C Langdell <jameslangdell@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] music?
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:53:35 -0500


On Jan 3, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Kevin Fay wrote:

> Colin Touchin posted:
>
> <<<Some 20 years ago, I think, in the UK, the great Times newspaper
> in its
> weekend supplement listed cultural events for the week ahead under
> various
> headings - Cinema, Theatre, etc. but it was then and remains still
> alarming
> that they made and keep this distinction: Music and Classical.
> After all,
> when The Times prints it, it's fact, no? - or view or truth?!>>>
>
> The Seattle papers do this today as well.
>
> I'm not sure that we should read too much into this, however - at
> least in
> the cultural events supplement, newspapers are about advertising, not
> criticism. Putting "classical" in a separate section is a
> reflection that
> it's a separate audience/market for the genres.

For event listings, the separate sections might be motivated by
formats that emphasize different portions of information that
motivates the different types of audience to attend:

Pop shows: WHO is performing? (The performer or group name is
identified first.)

Nightclubs: WHERE is the performance? (The place you go to make the
scene is identified first.)

Classical: WHAT is being performed? (The name of the opera, ballet,
or composer is identified first.)

--James

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