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From: marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand)
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Subject: Re: Favorite Composer Poll - Interim results
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Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 21:37:57 EST
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In connection (or connexion as the paper I am about to mention frequently
spelled it) with JS Bach being very "firmly" some peoples favorite, I
recall some discussion from the pages of the Times (London).

It was well know to readers that the columnist Bernard Levin (of "I think
I can fit at least 100 more words into this sentence" fame) was besotted
with Wagner, particularly the operas of the ring cycle.  Several other
columnists sparred with him periodically about this and his dismissal
of J. S. Bach, until eventually someone claimed to have discovered the
reason.  It was, he claimed, because Levin was tone deaf - Wagner's
complexity was mistaken for musicallity and Bach's syncopation and
counterpoint were not recognised by the listener concerned!

Maybe, there is an analogous but opposite effect in operation here.
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		Marcus Hand	{ihnp4!}pyuxt!marcus