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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: Alastair Wheeler <alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:32:08 +0100 (BST)
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On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Baron von Beer wrote:

> Ah no! What I said was that someone shouldn't have to understand music 
> for it to make an impact. This is not the same as saying that music can 
> only be appreciated by people who don't know anything about it. What I do 
> object to 
> is that music "intellectuals" seem to be of the opinion that music makes 
> more impact on them than on the average layman.

Well, personally I've found that as /my/ theoretical understanding of
music increases, I am able to find much more to listen to in pieces and so
enjoy them/dislike them more.  Though some things I don't have to analyse
too deeply to dislike, the Spice Girls for instance :)

I'm not sure if I can logically extrapolate my understanding of music
changing with increased knowledge to Jo R. Dunsberg, as my logic exam was
yesterday and I've forgotten it all now.

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  Alastair Wheeler	 
  Euphonium & Trombone				   Fundamental Brass
  Bass Trombone				  City of Oxford Brass Band
  alastair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/~alastair
  "I am following my fish"

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