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From: ROGER@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Do you have to be a Musician to enjoy Mu
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Date: 6 Jul 90 15:22:13 GMT
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In article <saYa1u_00WB9M5HUQI@andrew.cmu.edu>, hm0w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Harry Stanley Marshall) writes:

>To throw in my 2 cents:

>I don't think someone has to be a musician to "derive pleasure" from
>music, nor to say "I like that music" or "I don't like that music."
>But I do think one has to be a musician to try to rate the value of
>music or to try to rate how good the musicians are.

Really?  Does one need to be a musician to say that Heifetz played the
Humoresque better than Jack Benny?

Or that there's more to a Mozart symphony than one by Vanhal?

Similarly, does one need to be a ballplayer to say that Ted Williams
was a better hitter than Ray Oyler (or even Vern Stephens)?

Roger Lustig (ROGER@PUCC.BITNET roger@pucc.princeton.edu)

Disclaimer: I thought it was a costume party!