This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Many "top musicians," having strong esthetic opinions, would also = "discredit" various kinds of music. There's no reason why we aren't = entitled to our personal opinions, as long as they don't interfere with = our professional capabilities.=20 Nothing remotely ludditic about not liking Cage. Plenty of highly = educated music professors I've worked with have expressed exactly that = kind of contempt, and for excellent reason, imo. Some people like = modern music, but it has hardly won the day at universities; nor does = it represent any kind of musical advancement by which, in contrast, = those who abjure it are somehow primitive or uneducated. =20 Jeff ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 To: caut@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] John Cage, "The Earth Shall Bear Again" In a message dated 10/5/2005 2:18:04 P.M. Central Standard Time, = dporritt@mail.smu.edu writes: Why would we discredit this music that has been accepted by many top = musicians. It makes us look like Luddites. We certainly have the right = to like it, or dislike it and we have a responsibility to try to protect = the instruments but if a student wants to play it and the teacher = encourages it I don=E2=80=99t think they look to us to be the = musicologists. As I=E2=80=99ve mentioned before it=E2=80=99s their job = to play the music, and our job to repair the damage. =20 dp Dave I agree that we should not judge the music. There are several types of = music I don't care for, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the = talent of the composer or the performer. (I don't like opera and Bartok = string quartets). But in addition to repairing the damage, we should = also do preventive education. I think what Jeff is trying to do is = commendable. We should work with students and faculty to help them = understand how to properly "prep" a piano, so as not to damage it.=20 Wim=20 Willem Blees RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/b7/b6/1d/3d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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