12 Why are the public so ignorant about classical music? Well, perhaps it's because of the bombastic substitutes they've been served up in recent years by radio stations, concert halls and recording companies that are determined not to be 'elitist', argues Enda O'Doherty� THE ENGLISH are an unmusical race, the Reader's Digest�has confirmed. In a survey conducted by that venerable institution and published this week, one in three Britons admitted they had never listened to classical music (the...
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