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From:  "Caio Rossi" <caioross@z...>
Date:  Sat Apr 8, 2000  5:51 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Microsoft meets Mozart + Cultural War


Judy wrote:


>More on the mis-use of Mozart:
>
>There was a jeans commercial a couple of years ago that showed a romantic
>encounter between two young people in an elevator--the music was Lacrimosa
>from Mozart's Requiem. Maybe they intended to show that the relationship
was
>hopeless.


That has much to do with the discussion we had some time ago at the REAL
Vocalist about Cultural War. It's the transformation of art into a product.
The commercials deprive art of whatever esthetic values it may have and turn
it into background music for selling only.

Bye,

Caio Rossi


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