In Reply to: Isn't that just the way life is... posted by EBerlin on December 25, 2007 at 20:10:28:
Actually, twenty-four, since I have a close friend who is a musician and teacher who also loves contemporary classical music. We're picky - the list doesn't include Phillip Glass but does include John Corigliano, Peter Mennin, John Adams and Jennifer Higdon.
OTOH, I cant say I prefer contemporary composers over Bach or Purcell or Brahms or Vaughn-Willimas or Bartok. Good music is good music. So maybe you are down to 22.
Yes, life does seem to be that way when it comes to personal taste.
As far as movies go, I respect Ebert for the passion he brings to movie watching and his enthusiasm for the medium. But I often disagree with him. I certainly don't like most blockbusters. so I'm out od sorts with popular movie tatses, but that's true for most popular culture. Evert is one critic with a higher tolerance for commercial/cimplex fodder than other critics. But the man loves movies.
I'm not an elitist, BTW, I just have good taste. Of course ;-)
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Follow Ups
- Twent-three. - Harmonia 13:10:50 12/27/07 (7)
- I have shockingly bad taste… - David Aiken 22:47:08 12/27/07 (6)
- No such thing as bad taste - Analog Scott 15:11:07 12/28/07 (0)
- Glass beat ya to it... - Harmonia 06:01:22 12/28/07 (4)
- RE: Glass and Higdon - phatty 10:32:30 12/28/07 (3)
- Played one of best Rhapsody In Blue I've ever heard... - Harmonia 11:11:41 12/28/07 (2)
- Yes, it was the Third.... - phatty 11:49:00 12/28/07 (1)
- Champaign/Urbana is less than 2 hours from me. - Harmonia 15:05:08 12/28/07 (0)