[Trombone-l] Boos

[Bill Dinwiddie]

Jay, I agree with you. I don't think that people who do this have even the 
remotest idea of how much they are hurting all the artists involved. I think 
they think they are being funny. They aren't.

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel Keyser" <keyser at MIT.EDU>
To: "Bill Dinwiddie" <billdin at comcast.net>
Cc: "Samuel Keyser" <keyser at mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Boos


> Yes, I thought of the Stravinsky debut when I read James' piece. 
> Personally, I don't go in for booing.  Nathaniel West, the novelist, 
> wrote once, "No attempt at beauty, however, grotesque is laughable." 
> Everybody gets a gold star for trying in my book.
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Feb 11, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Bill Dinwiddie wrote:
>
>> James wrote : "I can't determine if they were
>> booing because of the musical interpretation or because of the 
>> programming,
>> or what, but it shocked everyone in the orchestra and the  audience.  At
>> least a riot didn't break out!!"
>>
>> Imagine how Stavinsky must have felt in 1912 or whenever it was  that "Le
>> Sacre" premiered!
>>
>> Never had the honor myself...but there is still time.
>>
>> Bill Dinwiddie
>> billdin at comcast.net
>>
>>
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> Samuel Jay Keyser
> Editor, Linguistic Inquiry
> Emeritus Professor of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics
>     and Philosophy
> MIT
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