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- May 15, 2009
The European masses aren't necessarily more educated than the American masses.That's not what I was hinting at.
Thank you very much for Bernstein, Gershwin and Cole Porter though, the ABT, the NYCB, your great orchestras and conductors, thanks for Sean Penn, for the NYT and so much more stuff I admire.
Pop Art like Warhohl, Pop theatre like A Lloyd Webber and Pop music were created specifically with a broad audience in mind. Aaron Copeland composed "Fanfare For the Common Man" in honor of the working man. But most Americans at that time did not like it and preferred Big Band music.
Sorry if I misunderstood your point - atleast I knew the word "populist"
But the meaning in America of saying "his most populistic piece of music" would mean it is less complex and easier to listen to. Hear it once and you can remember later to whistle some of the melody.
thanks for the link before with all of the stuff about young athletes, etc.