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Subject: Jeff Winslow's reaction to my over(?)reaction
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>Exactly my point.  The original question was "Why isn't classical music
>popular?"  Stating that most people prefer mediocrity (a statement with which
>I, unfortunately, agree) in relation to the original question implies,
>quite directly, that mediocrity = popular music, excellence = classical
>music.  The manure level in that set of equations exceeds government safety
>limits.

Actually, one of the nice things about old classical music is that we've
had lots of centuries to weed out a lot of the junk that was composed
for money by people with minimal inspiration.
I really couldn't say if it's true or not, but maybe the classical
music we hear today has stood the test of time.
It's like the 'best of the 70's' weekends you get on rock stations
from time to time. We select what we like and think is really *good*,
and ignore much of the rest.