Greetings, Les writes: <<Stagnant, petrified, ossified, god-awful boring and predictible as it has become, Classical music really isn't dead. It's just that through the never-ending efforts of the CMP in ensure that the same tired old pieces will always be played in the same old, tired, mind-numbing ways, that those forced to listen to the same things over and over and over again eventually get to a point where they wish that THEY WERE DEAD, and then just stop listening altogether. One can hardly blame them. >> I agree, this is the strongest argument yet to get rid of Equal temperament for music composed pre 1850. Regards, Ed Foote (Well, I mean, I got a temper, so that makes us equal......(:)}}}
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