Re: [F_MINOR] Legends and the people who love them

[Brad Lehman <bpl@UMICH.EDU>]

At 01:55 PM 4/19/2004 -0400, Nessie Russell wrote:
> I received the following on another list.  I thought
> perhaps it might generate some conversation on this
> list as well.  Some of us geared into the last
> sentence - "The world of legend worship is patrolled
> and inhabited by very sad people, almost all of them
> men."  I have to wonder if the last part of the
> sentence is fair.  Is the first part fair? Any
> thoughts?

Corollary: of those men, many believe they have *captured* the legend by
buying the right things for their collections...as if mere possession of
the legendary object gives them complete license to pontificate about it,
and complete mastery of related topics.  In music this leads to worship of
the printed score, and the favoring of beloved recordings, as if either of
those things (or both together) have captured the essence of the music.

Brad Lehman

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