tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post7758634031081538501..comments2024-03-02T14:20:44.675-06:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Old FriendsElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-28255872080203251132010-05-06T13:17:56.830-05:002010-05-06T13:17:56.830-05:00"Why people who write about the economic stat..."Why people who write about the economic state of 'classical music'(again, as an institution, which it isn't) think that there is something wrong with concerts catering to an older audience is baffling to me."<br /><br />Some folks just adore imaging the end of some world, so that they can position themselves as the new prophet/saviour/answer/antidote not to mention white knight riding in to save the day. Or conversely they want to enroll as the giver of the first eulogy. I haven't need of either. <br /><br />Classical music seems to me simply to becoming bigger, filled with ever more interesting repertoire and adding to the sum of human endeavor and acheivement without ever once blowing up a building, shooting at someone, yelling epithets or even calling other people names. Given that view, ain't classical music grand?<br /><br />And it's getting broader and better all the time too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com