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Send us a text Visit www.dearmaestro.org for bonus content, including letters read-out and discussed by their writers. Email us at hello@dearmaestro.org - we'd love to hear from you! Producers: Rowan Bishop and Kate Guthrie Hosts: Flora Willson and Kate Guthrie With thanks to: Cheryl Melody Baskin, Michael Ellison, Cassandra Fenton, Mark Keedwell, Melanie Shaffer, Karen Skinazi, Chuck Talley and Justin Williams. Funded by: the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
For decades, critics have been slamming the classical music world for its elitism. Meanwhile, fans insist that classical music is for everyone. What’s all the fuss about? In this episode, we ask: why is classical music’s elitist reputation so contentious? We explore how in the 1950s and 1960s - when Bernstein was at the height of his celebrity - the USA’s rapidly expanding middle class embraced classical music as a cultural equivalent of the white picket fence. We discuss musicians from...
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Send us a text Visit www.dearmaestro.org for bonus content, including letters read-out and discussed by their writers. Email us at hello@dearmaestro.org - we'd love to hear from you! Producers: Rowan Bishop and Kate Guthrie Hosts: Flora Willson and Kate Guthrie With thanks to: Cheryl Melody Baskin, Michael Ellison, Cassandra Fenton, Mark Keedwell, Melanie Shaffer, Karen Skinazi, Chuck Talley and Justin Williams. Funded by: the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
