Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 3

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

OF COURSE IT WAS WRITTEN BY BACH! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO RUIN MY ENJOYMENT OF THE MUSIC!

I know you're joking, but it is the reason that I try to avoid talking about music on the boards. One's own artistic preference and experience is a deeply personal thing, and I think nothing ruins it faster than having some subject matter expert come along and lecturing on the factuality and relevence of said art. The academic arts are something of a four letter word in the US, and they need all the friends and appreciators as they can get. What they don't need are more loudmouth experts insisting that either you appreciate the art as they do or not at all.