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Max Davies's recent lecture for the Royal Philharmonic Society deals with several aspects of the problems facing classical music and is worth a read. It takes a little trouble to get hold, but it can be got from the RPS website www.royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk. He talks about a number of issues we've been skirting on. Some of what he says is UK-specific(I don't think people so much argue here that classical music is elitist as they just consider it irrelevant) and not completely applicable to the US and some is idiosyncratic to Max, but it's still interesting. I think what Max managed to do at the Cirencester Grammar School in the 60's is still relevant to the matter.
posted by Rodney Lister
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