Re: Yes! Judaism: A HEADNOTE

[BlackMonk <BlackMonk...>]

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From: "Alex J. Lubet" <lubet001 (at) umn(dot)edu>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: Yes! Judaism: A HEADNOTE


>
>
> Seth Austen wrote:
>
> > on 3/12/03 7:58 PM, I. Oppenheim at i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl 
> > wrote:
> >
> > >> And just who is the official judge of who has or
> > >> hasn't earned the title of "artist."
> > >
> > > That is your audience, I would say.
> >
> > Popularity (or lack of same) isn't necessarily the best way to judge
> > artistic merit. Many great composers were ignored during their
lifetimes.
>
> Although we are all told this in our music classes when we are growing up,
> I'm hard put to think of an example.

Everone is going to have some followers. That's not the same as mass
popularity.

The classic example of someone not being appreciated in his own time is
outside of music: Van Gogh.

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