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Re: Musical snobbery (was Re: Songs for BL)

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Subject: Re: Musical snobbery (was Re: Songs for BL)
From: D.LANCASTER@xxxxxxxxxxxx 11 Jun 98 16:11:58 GMT
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 16:11:26 GMT
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> The analogy with modern art is appropriate. (Not so long ago, I remember a 
> group of art critics were asked to comment on a set of colourful 
> paintings. The majority agreed that the paintings were of significant 
> merit, and read a lot into the brush strokes on the canvas. What they did 
> not know was that the paintings had been produced by an elephant). 
> Similarly, the effect of a good poem can be marred by looking too closely 
> at every word in every line.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Cameron
> 
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