In a message dated 06/20/2000 8:07:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
DCLARK@r... writes:
> However, I think it is good
> to remember that the reason classical music is the foundation for a college
> music curriculum is the same as the reason great literature is the
> foundation
> for the English Department's curriculum. It's not that you can't learn to
> read using other kinds of books, newspapers, or whatever. It's the fact
> that
> an educated person needs to know great literature, and likewise as educated
> person needs to know great music. Whether or not one makes a career out of
> classical literature or classical music is another affair!
>
Whoa..........this sounds a little elitist to me.............great literature
is still written today, just as it was 300 years ago..........Likewise, great
music is created and written today, jsut as it was 300 years
ago................a truly educated person will be able to approach and
embrace all styles of music, literature and art from all eras and not just
one. A good education involves training one to find the beaty and genius in
all styles and genres of art...........regardless of when it was created.
Mary Beth Felker-Osborn
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