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Re: schmaltz, pandering and Klezmatics

Owen said:

>Seems pretty modern to me, but then maybe I'm flattering myself.  I saw a
>Stravinsky piece performed at Tanglewood.  My son is a drummer, and also into
>free-style biking.  I wished he could have seen the intent and the sheer
>physicality of the percussionist at the xylophone.  That ain't Mozart, man!
>

No, it ain't- but I have a hard time considering something over 30 years
old to be 'modern'- unless we want to play the semantics game and
distinguish between modern, contemporary, and new.
                EK

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