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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: RE: Re lack of exposure: LA Times article posted by Todd Krieger on March 23, 2011 at 04:33:46:
... and a reflection of what little value society places on music.
I think until about the mid '70s, there was a sense that the arts had some importance in our culture. Up to that time, pretty much every school had a music program, as well as programs in theater and visual arts. In fact, some of the poorest schools had some of the best programs. But beginning in the late '70s, what we might call the "taxpayers revolt" started, and the defunding of schools began, and the arts were immediately deemed as something that could be cut to save money. So music went from being something that every educated person would know something about to ... I dunno, a distraction from "important stuff" like math and business and a luxury to be indulged in by those with the private funds and the time.
TV reflects this. There was a time when major networks thought they had a responsibility to broadcast weekly performances by Toscanini, Bernstein, etc. These days, we're lucky if we can get an orchestra concert two or three times a year on PBS.
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