response 25 of 35:

Nov 16 18:58 UTC 1996

I have reported a summary of the consensus here to the Conference 
Proposal item in Coop cf.
 
I'm a little uncertain about a "classic" abbreviation for the name;
lots of things can be classic, like 70's rock...

response 27 of 35:

Nov 19 23:15 UTC 1996

OK, now I need some help with the flyers.
All I have is something like this:

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Ann Arbor's 
Online Music Discussion

rock / folk / jazz / world / classical

(Some hype about how our music conferences will make you 
more intelligent and stop your hair from falling out)

Grex  (perhaps Rob's new logo?)

To join:   http://www.cyberspace.org
           telnet grex.cyberspace.org
           761-3000             (modem settings)
           (high speed number)  (modem settings)

and then:

  bbs music
  bbs classicalmusic

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Please help punch this up, and also help refine the contact info.

response 29 of 35:

Nov 20 02:08 UTC 1996

I would like to apologize to raven and kewy for getting unnecessarily
snippy about the first item in newmusic.
 
I would also like to ask if we should "follow the market" and set up 
separate items for Celtic and Folk music, or if I should cling to my 
1970s perspective which lumps them together.

response 31 of 35:

Nov 21 12:38 UTC 1996

Interesting. Use of the term "classical" immediately stimulates argument.
For example, the more modernistic composers of the last hundred
years seem to have an anti-classical and/or anti-romantic
direction in the sense that they are trying to things differently than
they were done before, like they are trying to break out of the older
molds. I am thinking of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Hindemith,
etc. How ironic to file them under "classical"

But it's hard to think of a better term. Symphonic, perhaps?

How about John Corigliano, hope I spelled him correctly.
His Symphony #1 is dedicated to the fight against the AIDS virus.
And it is stunningly dramatic, modernistic but accessible,
really amazing. Classical? hmm . .

No matter what categories you use, it's the most interesting music
that falls through the cracks. Take ragtime, as noted, does it go
in classical? Well maybe.

How about orchestra.cf and band.cf? 
Hey I thought about it for a whole minute.

response 33 of 35:

Nov 21 15:28 UTC 1996

I think the word "classical" has a couple of different meanings in
this context.  If you limit it to "as opposed to romantic" then you
run into problems with music since 1800 or so.  When we say "classical"
music, I think we're using it in its commonly accepted meaning of
"art" music or "serious" music.  I think you have to include a lot of
movie scores in this category, too.  John Williams' scores are what
used to be called "light classical."  Anyway, most of us know "classical"
when we hear it.  (Please don't get hung up on the words "art" and
"serious," both of which I realize could equally apply to some popular
music and most jazz.)

response 35 of 35:

Nov 21 23:46 UTC 1996

I have asked Valerie to swap in the newmusic conference for public 
use.