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bsalter
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Fri, 12 Feb 99 11:27:42 -0800
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Re: (idm) re: classical (lovely)
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quoted 4 lines if mozart & beethoven were alive today, they most likely would not be writing> >if mozart & beethoven were alive today, they most likely would not be writing >souped-up techno. >
I wouldn't be too quick to jump to that conclusion... It was common for composers in that era to write dance & party music in popular styles, at least on the side to help pay the bills. I'm pretty sure Mozart & Beethoven did their fair share! They were certainly much more receptive to the popular music of their time than most of today's academicians and classical purists are to ours... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brian Salter bsalter@slip.net www.slip.net/~bsalter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~