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- From: rhutchin@pilot.njin.net (Roland Hutchinson)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
- Subject: Re: Beginning a classical collection
- Message-ID: <Dec.30.01.14.07.1992.15387@pilot.njin.net>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 06:14:07 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.091408.16539@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- In <1992Dec28.091408.16539@leland.Stanford.EDU> paulxxxx@leland.Stanford.EDU (paulastya gupta) writes:
-
- >Hello! Questions from an ignormaus:
-
- As many others have said: libraries and classical radio stations can
- help you quite a bit, assuming there still is a classical radio
- station in the Bay Area. [Note ironic grimace of former KQED
- subscriber. It's all news and public affairs now.] Stanford has a
- superb (non-circulating) collection of recordings in its music
- library.
-
- But no one has yet mentioned one seemingly obvious thing to do: go to
- some concerts! You are very close to the San Francisco Symphony, and
- to Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and if a schlepp to the city or the
- East Bay is too far for you, there are many offering by both the Music
- Department and by the Lively Arts at Stanford right on your own
- campus. Call them up and get on their mailing lists. (Oakland and
- San Jose symphonies, too, for that matter. Support your regional
- orchestras! Is Oakland up and running again, by the way? They were
- in serious financial straits last I heard, several seasons ago.)
-
- As even the most diehard audiophile in this newsgroup will agree,
- experience of live performances of classical music is essential to
- develop your ear for recordings--and for a number of other reasons,
- besides.
- --
- Roland Hutchinson Visiting Specialist/Early Music
- Internet: rhutchin@pilot.njin.net Department of Music
- Bitnet: rhutchin@NJIN Montclair State College
- Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
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