Re: [Pen-l] Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and the perils of success

[Doyle Saylor <doylesaylor@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings Economists,
On Jun 26, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Shane Mage wrote:

> Classical musicians, in contrast, are by their very essence part of  
> a cosmopolitan, supportive, family; and from their earliest years  
> they know themselves to be part of a many-centuried tradition that  
> will sustain itself and grow as long as human beings remain civilized.

Doyle;
Which flies in the face of declining classical music audience.    
Classical music is dying.

On Jun 26, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Shane Mage wrote:
It surely was some twisted perception of this that caused the sick  
mind of Mao-Tse-Tung to unleash his pogrom against classical music-- 
something not even Stalin would have dared to imagine.

Doyle;
Why is this sick?  Western Classical music was not part of Chinese  
culture.  It was a minor interest for the people there.  The ban may  
not have been especially needed, but it's not especially sick.  The  
ban made sense in relation to their civil war experience with enemy  
propaganda about the revolution and it's culture.  You know African  
American music was banned from the airwaves here not so long ago.  Or  
that we don't get much taste here of world music and traditions.  What  
we get are what the commercial media produce.  You can't ignore the  
economics that commercial media put upon society that narrow and shape  
what can be heard.
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
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