Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!amdcad!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-star!malik From: malik@star.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440) Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: suggestions for conversation Message-ID: <541@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 09:55:11 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.541 Posted: Tue Feb 12 09:55:11 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 13:29:52 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 17 5 suggested topics for conversation; 1) Reviews of any and all music related books. 2) Is there 'progress' in the arts? 3) Has the media supplanted live concerts? (both aesthetically and practically) 4) Should the classical arts be federally funded? 5) Is current music theory/scholarship helpful? Or has it become a jargon-filled competition for university positions? - Karl