Wednesday, December 11, 2013  Music and Money  I just read a
post on On An Overgrown Path concerning the fact that wealthy
people who sit on boards of major music festivals are the people
calling the shots about the future of "classical" music.  I can
only quote Captain Renault:  Rich people who love music have
ALWAYS been the reason that "classical music" institutions
survive. When I was young I used to distrust them, but now that
I see things in a much broader historical way, I understand that
the only reason that music and art continue to be made available
to people who don't have large amounts of money is through the
generosity (or obsessive love) of those who do.  Some of us who
believe in social justice observe that some of the people who
love music as much as we musicians want to play it (and write
it) are of a very different kind of political mind. Sometimes
that different kind of political mind is one that acts
exploitatively and manipulates politicians.  The only solace we
have is that this kind of