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Classical Music

303squadron

(741 posts)

3. Economics?

Reply to Jeebo (Original post)

Sun Aug 28, 2022, 04:49 PM

Aug 2022

Can Jon Baptiste make more money playing a Mozart piano concerto or playing the music he plays now?

Could Condi Rice make a living playing Brahms intermezzos?

Then too, check out the upcoming concerts of your local symphony orchestras. Isn't most of the repertoire written by white European men? Hey, its great stuff and I'm not knocking it but it might be hard to relate to. Your local AME church choir singing Machaut would be an experience, but I don't think its ever happened!

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