Alexander,
That's a truly lovely song.
I know little about most current popular songs although when I was younger I did know many. But at the same time I knew the heritage of songs. That's what I think is being lost.
I was talking about major masterpieces by composers as great as the great historical poets.
Of course I love a lot of 20th century popular music. I put myself through college by playing it on the piano in restaurants but I am now very out of touch. Many popular songs join the great permanent stream of music.
But there are centuries of seriously magnificent songs which are being lost because the culture of recitals is dying for commercial reasons and therefore the recorded repertoire is narrowing because of a smaller public demand. That's why I was so insistent on General Talk about the great, late Victoria De Los Angeles who was a supreme singer of exquisite songs. There are songs which are the equal of any of the greatest poetry and they are fading from the public memory.
Janet
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