I—despite playing Bach and getting a Masters in composition and writing about it professionally for a decade or so—do not understand classical music.
Oh, I understand the notes and the structures, the forms and the rhythms and qualities of instruments, I understand the music and know the history, but I don't understand the social phenomenon of classical …
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