Classical Music Is Not Dead, Its Sleeping

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/arts/music/23composers.html?_r=1

Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times:

HERE goes. This article completes my two-week project to select the top 10 classical music composers in history, not including those still with us.

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I’m not a composer, but… NO!  uncool.  ‘Lets talk about the greats… no, not you… not you… no, only dead people.’  I’ve spent a lot of time not caring about modern classical music, and this guy’s attitude shoves my own ignorance back in my face.  Maybe I should make an effort to dig through it afterall.

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