01-04-2017, 04:27 AM
(01-03-2017, 11:38 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(01-03-2017, 04:38 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: But just as I would not push Johann Sebastian Bach, a part of my culture, upon black people (even if his music is poignant and rhythmically-powerful), neither would I push his music in Appalachia. Multiculturalism, if it is to have meaning, must include respect for the home-spun culture of Appalachia and the Ozarks as well as of white cultural elites and middle-class minorities.
Isn't the fiddle a traditional instrument of Appalachia? Bach wrote plenty of good music for the fiddle. You don't have to push it, but there's no reason for cultural apartheid, either.
On that we agree, Warren.
I suppose Appalachians could appreciate that street violinist I posted not long ago here, playing the "Chaconne." And the famous Prelude is ubiquitous.