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In Reply to: RE: It is unfortunate to pair Stern and Allen. Sleeping with one's stepdaughter and then posted by tinear on July 11, 2014 at 15:58:34
.... that you have music in your collection by pedophiles like Benjamin Britten and Mikhail Pletnev and Camille Saint-Saens, or maybe by David Bowie, Jimmy Page or other rockers who preferred underage girls.
If you eschew the artistic creations of artists who do not meet moral standards, who are corrupt or disgusting or vile or villainous, you would miss out on huge amounts of human culture.
This is not a defense of their actions, which are reprehensible. It is rather a recognition that art often flows from the tortured soul. We can criticize the person, yet still recognize their artistic contributions.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
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Now you're telling me I have to get rid of all my Saint-Saëns recordings?
.... If we get rid of all the recordings by composers, musicians, artists who fail to live by our personal (or contemporary societal) norms, there wouldn't be much left. A large percentage of European composers of the 1800s would not be acceptable in today's world -- anti-Jewish, racist, fond of underage sex, etc. Are you prepared to trash all of your Wagner and Chopin?
I'm personally not supporting Pletnev by buying his music. Pedophilia in the current era is just too disgusting. But in a different era, such things were tolerated more. People did not live as long and the age of consent was younger.
So don't toss your Saint-Saens, your Wagner or your Britten.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
O.K., guess I'll keep what few Levine recordings I have.
"If people don't want to come, nothing will stop them" - Sol Hurok
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