It’s no secret classical music isn’t part of the mainstream cultural consciousness, but it wasn’t always that way. Where did things change? How did a country with such a relatively short cultural history move from using traditional classical music as a benchmark for “legitimacy” to completely removing music as a cornerstone of cultural awareness?
I published an article at The Partial Observer today which examines precisely those issues.
Boston Symphony Orchestra Fourth/Utility trumpet Michael Martin probably doesn’t want to see his brother, New York Philharmonic Principal trumpet Christopher Martin, get killed by…